Jump Judy: A Contemporary Short Story

By E.S. McMillan

A parent's job is to take care of their child. 

What happens when the parent can no longer do their job?

 

Follow along as one daughter has to step up and make the impossible choice for her father in International Bestselling Author E.S. McMillan's Jump Judy.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: E.S. McMillan
• Release date: Oct 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201056018

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Dedication

Daddy...this story is for you. Thank you for stepping up and being there for me when my father walked away. You were there for me every single day of my life, and I will always be proud and thankful to be one of Jay’s girls! I love you with my whole heart and am so glad that you are my daddy!

Acknowledgements

Jenna M. ~ We met through our love of books and I am so thankful for your friendship. You have been a listening ear and a shoulder for me to lean on when I needed them the most and I will never be able to thank you.  I know that you are in one hell of a fight right now and I hope you know you are not alone!  I am with you every step of the way and screaming at the top of my lungs F U Cancer!!!

Riley W. ~ I never understood the saying, family by choice until I met you and found another sister.  Thank you for always being in my corner and supporting me!  I am so lucky...no blessed to know you and I hope you know how loved you are!!!

Synopsis

A parent’s job is to take care of their child.  What happens when the parent can no longer do their job?

Follow along as one daughter has to step up and make the impossible choice for her father in International Bestselling Author E.S. McMillan’s Jump Judy.

Chapter One

I don’t think I can do this, I thought to myself as my car drove past the house where I’d spent countless hours talking to my best friend and making plans for our future. A smile slowly pulled at my lips as I thought about all the plans we’d made and the fact that almost all of them had come true. I went to school to become a teacher and have spent the last ten years teaching elementary education. I also ended up with my high school sweetheart and share two amazing kids with him. Becca ended up as a labor and delivery nurse in Allenville Regional Hospital. She has been helping bring new life into the world and caring for new little ones for the first few hours of their lives for the past ten years as well. She also married her high school sweetheart and they have three little girls and a Labrador Retriever. We had good lives and were very lucky.

Taking a deep breath as I started to slow my car down, I looked