Season for Love Read Online Free

imagine! I’m thirty-six years old, well educated in both the classroom and the school of hard knocks. I’m a reliable person looking for the opportunity to start over in a new place. I’d be honored to be considered for this position. Thank you for ‘listening’ to my story. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Jenny Wilks.”
    Linda folded the letter, returned it to her purse and used a tissue to dab at the moisture gathered in the corners of her eyes. The story hadn’t been any easier to read the third time.
    The others remained quiet and contemplative as they absorbed the letter. After a long moment of silence, Linda looked around at each of them. “We can’t leave her out there all alone.”
    “Of course we can’t,” Laura said, mopping up tears.
    “We can’t descend upon her either,” Stephanie said, pragmatic as always.
    “True,” Grace said.
    “I thought if we put our heads together,” Linda said, “we could think of a way—”  
    “I’ll do it,” Sydney said, her jaw set with determination. “I’ll go.”
    “Are you sure you’re up to that, honey?” Linda asked.
    Sydney nodded. “Who better to make the first move than someone who’s been there and done that?”
    “No one,” Maddie agreed, squeezing her friend’s hand. “What’ll you say?”
    “I’ll tell her I understand because I’ve been through my own hell. I’ll let her know there’s a wonderful, special community of people here who’d love to get to know her and make her feel at home.”
    “That sounds perfect,” Linda said. “I had a feeling you all would know what to do.”
    “I don’t know about the rest of you,” Grace said, expelling a deep breath, “but I really, really need to see Evan right now.”
    “I was thinking the same thing,” Maddie said. “About Mac, of course.”
    “Ditto,” Stephanie said. “Grant.”
    “It’s certainly a reminder that life is short and we need to make the most of every day we’re given,” Linda said. She noticed her niece still had tears rolling down her face. “Laura? Honey, are you all right?”
    Laura reached for a napkin and dried her eyes. “I’m sorry. Jenny’s letter brought it all back. That awful day when we didn’t know where Adam was.”
    “Yes,” Linda said. “It gave me some rough moments. I’m sure it did for Big Mac, too, which is why he didn’t tell me about it until after he began to worry about her being out there all alone.”
    “Adam was in New York that day?” Maddie asked. “How have I never heard this?”
    Linda nodded, her heart squeezing the way it always did when she thought of that nightmarish day when she’d thought for a few hours that her darling boy might be gone. “He’d just graduated from college and was working at his first job for a computer company in lower Manhattan. He’d only started the week before, so we didn’t have any way to contact him there yet. His cell phone went right to voice mail for hours . Hours and hours.”
    “We found out much later that afternoon he wasn’t even in the city,” Laura said. “He was at a client’s office in New Jersey. Cell service was nonexistent for days, but he finally managed to call around five o’clock. By then, we were so sure…”
    “Best phone call of my entire life,” Linda said, her voice catching as she relived a day she’d spent more than a decade trying to forget. That was another reason she’d been so determined to reach out to Jenny after she read the letter.  
    Laura wiped new tears from her face. “Listening to what happened to Jenny… I’ve been so caught up in my litany of troubles, but really, when it comes right down to it, I don’t have any troubles. My life is blessed.”
    “I’m sure we all feel that way after hearing Jenny’s story,” Linda said as she drew Laura into a hug.
    “She won’t want our sympathy,” Sydney said. “She’s here for a fresh start, not to relive her nightmare with all new people.”
    “That’s