Swan Point by Sherryl Woods EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Sherryl Woods
- Language: English
- Genre: Women’s Divorce Fiction
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Adelia watched with her heart in her throat as the moving van pulled away
from the crumbling curb in Swan Point, one of the oldest and, at one time,
finest neighborhoods in Serenity, South Carolina. With moss-draped oaks in
perfectly maintained yards backing up to a small, man-made lake, which was
home to several swans, the houses had been large and stately by early
standards.
Now, though, most of the homes, like this one, were showing signs of age.
She found something fitting about the prospect of filling this historic old
house with laughter and giving it a new lease on life. It would be as if the
house and her family were moving into the future together.
Letting go of the old life, however, was proving more difficult than she’d
anticipated. Drawing in a deep breath, she turned to deal with the accusing
looks of her four children, who weren’t nearly as convinced as she was that
they were about to have an exciting fresh start.
Her youngest, Tomas, named for his grandfather on her ex-husband’s side
of the family, turned to her with tears streaming down his cheeks. “Mommy,
I don’t like it here. I want to go home. This house is old. It smells funny. And
there’s no pool.”
She knelt down in front of the eight-year-old and gathered him close,
gathered all of them close, even her oldest, Selena.
It was Selena who understood better than any of them why this move had
been necessary. While they all knew that Adelia and their father had
divorced, Selena had seen Ernesto more than once with one of his mistresses.
In a move that defied logic or compassion, he’d even had the audacity to
introduce the most recent woman to Selena while he and Adelia were still
making a pretense at least of trying to keep their marriage intact. His action
had devastated Selena and it had been the final straw for Adelia. She’d seen
at last that tolerating such disrespect was the wrong example to set for her
three girls and even for her son.
“I know you’d rather be in our old house,” she comforted them with a hitch
in her voice. “But it’s just not possible. This is home now. I really think
you’re going to love it once we get settled in.”
She ruffled Tomas’s hair. “And don’t worry about the funny smell. It’s just
been shut up for a few months. It’ll smell fine once we air it out and put fresh
paint on the walls.” She injected a deliberately cheerful note into her voice.
“We can all sit down and decide how we want to fix it up. Then you can go
with me to the hardware store to pick out the paint colors for your rooms.”
The girls expressed enthusiasm for the idea, but Tomas remained visibly
skeptical.
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