Unforgettable
No Ordinary Family, Book One
By
Linda Barrett
Copyright © 2021 by Linda Barrett
linda-barrett.com
ISBN 978-1-945830-22-8
These stories are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Dedication:
To my sister,
The one person who shares my childhood memories.
Love you, Judy!
Author's Note:
I started writing the No Ordinary Family series before Covid-19 upended our lives. In this first story, the Big Apple is thriving and Broadway is attracting crowds. Let’s hope for a time very soon when every theater and concert venue across our country will be filled with cheering audiences once more.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Hello from Linda
Chapter One of Safe at Home
Chapter One of The Broken Circle
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Chapter 1
April—New York
Doug Collins paced the floor of his small apartment in New York City, his eyes drawn repeatedly to the pile of papers on his desk. Two hundred sheets, stacked neat and square, title page on top.
Stepping closer, he loomed over his work. Not the usual fare for a playwright, this novel--but it was finally complete. Finished. His fist came down hard on the manuscript. Finished? Then where was the satisfaction he longed for? Where was the closure? He stroked the top page in atonement and smiled ruefully.
Closure? Not with that title:
STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART…
…a love story in search of an ending…
He and Jen. How could the story’s inspiration be anyone else?
Jennifer Grace Delaney. She was either his inspiration or his albatross. While students together at Boston University, she’d been the quiet girl in the back of the English class who’d captured his heart with her first essay--writing filled with pain, strength, and wrapped in love. Goosebumps had covered his skin as he’d read her words aloud to the class in a random exchange of student essays.
They covered him now, as he recalled their honesty. But she’d hated that class.
Said personal stories belonged in a private diary, not exposed to a bunch of strangers. She’d stick to numbers.
She’d loved him, too. Believed in him. They’d planned a future…at least he’d thought they had…but in the end, she wouldn’t leave her siblings.
