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    Dearly Departed
    Dearly Departed
    Dearly Departed
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    Dearly Departed

    By Wendy Croft

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    Lonely and isolated, Alison finds solace in the arms of her soul mate, knowing that he belongs to someone else. Fifty years later, drowning in memories, she's about to see him again... and meet his wife.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWendy Croft
    Release dateNov 6, 2012
    ISBN9781301666324
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      Dearly Departed - Wendy Croft

      Dearly Departed

      Wendy Croft

      Dearly Departed

      By Wendy Croft

      Text Copyright ©2012 Wendy Croft

      All Rights Reserved

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover Art by Kat Ruff

      emailkatruff@gmail.com

      To First Loves Everywhere

      A dear, dear thanks to my family and friends for their love and support, especially my son for his patience and understanding.

      Thank you to my fellow authors Dawn Howard and Rosemary Gunn for their input and assistance.

      Thank you to my girls, my circle of love. You make my life shine! Ya Ya!

      Alison recognized the woman standing with Gabe immediately as she nervously entered the room. His wife. An elegant woman, still beautiful at their advanced age, with her waist length chestnut hair only slightly grayed and her dark eyes, clear and alive. She knew the woman would be here, but hadn't gotten around to thinking about how to handle meeting her or how it would be seeing Gabe again.

      She stood in the entryway, staring, for what seemed like a century. She suddenly felt self-conscious. The last time he had seen her, she’d been much younger, thinner, her hair had yet begun to gray, and the lines that now creased her face had yet to show. She put a hand up to her cheek, as if, with a touch of her hand, she could erase the signs of the years that had passed.

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