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    Patchwork Heart
    Patchwork Heart
    Patchwork Heart
    Ebook25 pages22 minutes

    Patchwork Heart

    By Velda Brotherton

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    After fleeing a ruined marriage, Susan isn't prepared to face the man who betrayed her so long ago. How can she concentrate on mending her broken heart while he regards her with that knowing grin and gentle eyes?
    The bonus story, Hide and Seek, is the tale of a restless ghost and a woman who fears she'll never love, until they join together to solve an old mystery and discover love's meaning.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVelda Brotherton
    Release dateMay 14, 2011
    ISBN9781458144249
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      Patchwork Heart - Velda Brotherton

      Patchwork Heart

      Velda Brotherton

      Smashwords Edition

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      Copyright 2011 by Velda Brotherton

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This story is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental.

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      Patchwork Heart

      Tattered and beaten down by months of feeling sorry for myself, I left Pittsburgh and crept home to Arkansas with my tail tucked, my eyes downcast, praying no one would notice me. No way could I explain to friends and relatives how I’d managed to lose my husband.

      Why, Susan, everyone knows what a great catch Martin was, they’d say, one after the other, discounting my worth entirely.

      They could all leave me alone and I’d be happy. Well, not happy, but soberly content.

      The nights were chilly in the Ozarks as March moved into April. I holed up at the old family farm place. Didn’t let anyone know I was there. From the meager stash carried from my ruined marriage in the back seat of my aging Honda, I fetched some heavy blankets. Each night I wrapped up in a cocoon of my own making and dreamed of emerging a butterfly. It didn’t happen. Not that I actually expected it. Dreaming, after all, is not faith but hope.

      Ghosts from my past kept me company for weeks.

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