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    The Sun Shines Again
    The Sun Shines Again
    The Sun Shines Again
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    The Sun Shines Again

    By Wendy Lovell

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    Still recovering from the devastating experience of a failed marriage, Maria wonders if she could ever give her heart to another man, especially a man like Charles to whom she is attracted but very wary of. While finding solace in maintaining her family relationships, she enlists the help of her best friend David whom she trusts explicitly, in exploring a relationship with Charles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWendy Lovell
    Release dateMar 14, 2018
    ISBN9781386451785
    The Sun Shines Again
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    Wendy Lovell

    Wendy Lovell is a former Primary school teacher, who has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Education. She has been an avid novel reader since childhood. Ms. Lovell currently lives in Barbados the land of her birth and can be contacted at wendylovell_1@hotmail.com or on her Facebook page.

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      The Sun Shines Again - Wendy Lovell

      Book Description

      Still recovering from the devastating experience of a failed marriage, Maria wonders if she could ever give her heart to another man, especially a man like Charles to whom she is attracted, but very wary of him. While finding solace in maintaining her family relationships, she enlists the help of her best friend David whom she trusts explicitly, in exploring a relationship with Charles.

      Chapter 1

      Rays of sun, penetrated the thin material of the black umbrella Maria sheltered her head with, making her feel even hotter and more irritated than she was already. As she crossed the busy Bridgetown Street, bustling with people and traffic on this Friday afternoon, her mind was far from concentrating on what was happening around her. She was thinking about what she was about to do. This was her court day. The day she was to finally legally end all ties with her estranged husband.

      She sighed as she made her way through Broad Street towards the Mutual Building, which housed her Lawyer’s office. As Maria entered the building and mounted the stairs leading to the second floor, she wondered why life had turned out this way for her. This wasn’t in her plans. She wanted a long and happy marriage to a man who loved her dearly and whom she adored.

      Be that as it may, she told herself, this is how things turned out and I have to accept it and move on with my life.

      She bounded up the last flight of stairs, pushed open the glass doors, walked down the corridor, turned the corner, and rang the bell on Mrs. Walker’s office door. Miss Connell, Mrs. Walker’s secretary, answered the door and ushered her in, closing it behind her.

      Good morning, she said with a smile, Mrs. Walker is expecting you. Please have a seat and she will be with you shortly.

      Thank you, said Maria and sat gingerly on the edge of a nearby sofa.

      She surveyed the room quietly. It was the third time she had been to this office but on the two previous occasions, she had spent most of her time in Mrs. Walker’s private office rather than this outer office. On one of the cream-colored, trowel plastic walls hung a large Certificate. Maria could not quite make out the writing on it but it seemed to belong to Mrs. Walker. A painting of a black woman holding a baby hung on the adjacent wall. Besides the filing cabinet and secretary’s desk and chair, the office contained two pieces of furniture, the one she was seated on and another one opposite. Both were the same style and burgundy in color.

      By this time the secretary had sat back down and alerted Mrs. Walker via telephone of Maria’s presence. Miss Connell then resumed her typing on the computer before her. Maria glanced at the stack of magazines on the built-in table of the sofa she was seated on. She pondered whether to browse any of the magazines. She finally gave in to her curiosity and picked up a magazine with a picture of Oprah on the cover. She leafed through the magazine, half interested, her mind still focused on what she was about to do. Five minutes later the inner office door swung open and out strode a tall handsome man dressed in a dark blue well-tailored suit. He smiled as he walked past Maria and nodded at the secretary who had just looked up from her typing. Behind him came Mrs. Walker, a heavy-set, pretty woman.  Mrs. Walker extended a hand and said graciously, "good to

      see you, Mrs. Brathwaite, sorry to have kept you waiting, please come into my office."

      After extracting her hand from Mrs. Walker’s palm, Maria walked nervously into the office.

      Please have a seat, said Mrs. Walker closing the door behind her and rounding the corner of her large oak desk to take a seat behind it.

      So, this is your big day Mrs. Brathwaite, she said, putting on her gold-framed glasses and adjusting her seat.

      Let’s see now, I just want to make sure we have all the papers in order, she continued, shuffling through some papers she had taken from a large brown envelope in her top desk drawer.

      Well, everything seems to be in order, are you nervous? she asked, looking down at Maria’s twitching hands.

      Yes, very, said Maria hesitantly, without looking up. I have never done this before, nor do I ever intend to do it again.

      Well, on the other hand, I am quite experienced at practicing this type of law and I assure you that you have nothing to worry about. I haven’t heard from your husband and I doubt that he will make an appearance today. We will just let the judge know the grounds on which you want the divorce and he will grant it and it will be all over in a matter of minutes, replied Mrs. Walker looking directly at Maria.

      I have never been to court and I am a little scared but it sounds easy enough to me, sighed Maria breathing in sharply and putting on a brave face.

      Now that’s the spirit! You have got to go into that court with your head held high with confidence! You have done nothing wrong, declared Mrs. Walker rising from her chair.

      We can ride across to the court in my car. The case starts in twenty minutes. It will only take us ten minutes to get there.

      Maria breathed a sigh of relief as she walked back through the gates of the courtyard and onto Coleridge Street. She was so glad it was over. The judge had treated her kindly, recognizing that it was her first time in court.  She had been granted the divorce, two years and two thousand, five hundred dollars after she had filled. She felt free once again, although a part of her was sad that her life had turned out this way. At least no children were involved she told herself as she walked back through Broad Street and the bustling crowd. It was now after four-thirty in the afternoon and the street was even more crowded than before. Maria hurried to the Mini Bus Stand

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