Cinderella Ice
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t the age of nineteen, Jessie eloped with Walt, a ranch hand she had met on the ranch of her mother's best friends, the Driscolls, in Montana.
It took Jessie only three months into her marriage to learn the reason Walt had responded to her advances. Alone with her, his true nature surfaced. Right to her face, he told Jessie the real reason he'd married her, and how sick he was of her cloying, adolescent affection. Hurt and disillusioned, Jessie's rose-colored glasses shattered. But reality wasn't finished with her. She woke in the morning to find Walt missing. On his side of the bed, a two-sentence note. "I'm gone. Don't look for me."
All the same, for two years she waited, with never a word, until one afternoon, the Driscolls brought her authenticated documents, proving that when he married her, Walt had a wife and two children under another name.
Indoctrinated since childhood in fairytales with happy endings, her spirit, her view of life and the pursuit of happiness, severely scarred, especially regarding the story of Cinderella and Prince Charming. She swore off any future relationships, and turned her nose up at the need for a Prince Charming.
Cinderella Ice. Like the Snow Queen.
Jessie made up her mind. Yes, that's what I'll be from this day forth — Cinderella Ice
Excerpt:: "Have you returned home to stay?" Michael asked. ...
"For the time being. I need to re-define myself," Jessie said. "Where do I fit in? What is my goal in life? What do I hope to accomplish? How do I clear up the mess I've made of my life so far?"
"That's a lot of riddles for a broken heart to solve. A lot of weight for a wounded spirit to carry," Michael said. "Maybe you should do what they advise swimmers who have overexerted themselves — Just float for a while."
Just float for a while. Michael's words resonated with her unhappiness, along with his concerned attitude and his smile. She had always liked his smile, even when he wasn't as attractive in his teens, or as well dressed. The executive style suited him to a tee. Cinderella Ice frowned. Jessie reminded herself that although Michael wasn't a blood relation, he'd always been considered family, because of the strong friendship between their respective families. He was in the loop, as her elder sister Carol was used to say.
"Just float for a while. Sound advice, Michael, that I'll take to heart. Thank you."
His smile widened, and Jessie had to look away. Yes, definitely handsomer than she remembered him.
Marianne Dora Rose
About the AuthorDorothy Paula Freda, is also known under her pen names Paula Freda and Marianne Dora Rose. Herbooks range from Fiction and Non-fiction Adventure, Romance, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Poetry, Articles, Essays and How-to-Write Instructional complete with Lessons and optional assignments.Homemaker, mother of two grown sons, and former off-the-desk publisher of a family-oriented print small press, (1984 thru 1999), The Pink Chameleon, that she now publishes on line, Paula was raised by her grandmother and mother, and has been writing for as long as she can remember. Even before she could set pencil to paper, she would spin her stories in the recording booths in the Brooklyn Coney Island Arcades for a quarter per 3-minute record. She states, "I love the English language, love words and seeing them on display, typed and alive. A romantic at heart, I write simply and emotionally. One of my former editors kindly described my work, '...her pieces are always deep, gentle and refreshing....'" Paula further states, "My stories are sensitive, deeply emotional, sensual when appropriate, yet non-graphic, family fare, pageturners. My hope is that my writing will bring entertainment and uplift the human spirit, bring a smile to your face and your soul, and leave you filled with a generous amount of hope."
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Cinderella Ice - Marianne Dora Rose
Cinderella Ice
(Jessie's Story)
by
Marianne Dora Rose
Dedication
With thanks to my Dear Lord Jesus and his Blessed Mother Mary whose strength, guidance, and her Holy Rosary, are my anchor in this troubled world, I dedicate this book to my husband, Domenick, whose love and loyalty over the past 47 years have kept my dreams and view of the romantic alive and vibrant.
Cinderella Ice
by Dorothy P. Freda
writing as
Marianne Dora Rose
© November 1, 2016 by Dorothy P. Freda
Smashwords Edition
(Pseudonyms - Paula Freda and
Marianne Dora Rose)
Exterior and Interior Bookcover photos
Licensed by Dorothy P. Freda from iStockphoto
Blue Jay and Sparrow bookcover
© 2005 Thomas Mark Freda and Dorothy P. Freda
Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night
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(public domain) Wikipedia
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Washington Irving"
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof. This is a work of fiction; names, characters, places and incidents are a product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
For your ready reference, Characters in this book:
Jessica (Jessie) Carlson - younger daughter of the Carlsons (Cybelle and Mark Carlson)
The Carlsons - Jessie's parents (Cybelle and Mark from my novella The Blue Jay and the Sparrow - Roses in the Dark)
The Driscolls - Seth and Leatrice - owners of the Bar LB and the Triple R (from my novella, Driscoll's Lady)
Tom Driscoll - The Driscoll's elder son, a History Teacher at Montana Tech.
Calvin Driscoll - Seth and Leatrice's younger son and current supervisor of their two ranches
Walt - the bigamist and a ranch hand on the Driscoll's ranches
Carol and her husband Herbert DeLuca - Carol is Cybelle's and Mark Carlson's elder daughter,
Jessie's elder sister (from my novella, Silvereye's Hummingbird)
Michael Sands - elder son of Harriet and Val Sands (from my novella Henderson Sands)
Geraldine and Harry Henderson (Housekeeper and her husband the gardener on the Carlsons' property overlooking the Hudson River Valley in upstate New York)
Tanner and his wife Linda - (Tanner - previous loyal, long-time foreman on the Driscolls' ranches in Montana - from my novella - Driscoll's Lady)
PREFACE
At the age of nineteen, the Carlson's younger daughter, Jessica, Jessie for short, eloped with Walt, a ranch hand on Seth and Leatrice Driscoll's ranches. Jessie had met Walt in her early teens during her visits to the Driscolls' ranches, and had developed a crush on him. Her mother, Cybelle Carlson, was Leatrice Driscoll's best friend. The love stories of both mothers were legendary among their family members.
Growing up, Jessie was always a fan of her mother's and Leatrice's persistence and success in winning the hearts of the men they chose to love and marry. Jessie believed herself capable of the same — like mother, like daughter. In her haste and immaturity, she didn't look past Walt's looks. Her infatuation blinded her to his ambitious, grasping nature that he hid well under a captivating smile. When Walt responded favorably to her advances, she thought she'd followed in her mother's footsteps and won the man she wanted. Too late, when she was wedded and bedded, did she come to know the real Walt and why he fell so easily for the tomboyish, naive teenager who had followed him about like a lovesick puppy dog. It took only three months into her marriage, to realize the reason Walt had responded to her advances, was because he craved the foreman's job on the Driscolls' ranches.
The previous foreman, Tanner, after years of loyal service, and with the Driscolls' help and blessings, left to buy and run his own horse ranch with his wife Linda. The Driscolls' elder son, Tom, respectfully refused the vacant position his father offered him, in order to follow his dream of an academic career as a History Teacher at Montana Tech. Seth Driscoll offered the foreman's job to Calvin, his younger son, who eagerly and gratefully accepted.
The Driscolls were aware of Walt's hankering for the foreman's job. Walt was their top ranch hand. Out of friendship and respect for the Carlsons and their daughter, and to appease Walt for not choosing him for the position, they deeded a parcel of their combined ranches to the newly married couple, as