Amelia's Destiny: Finding my way (Amelia Series Book 2) by D.G. Torrens

Author:D.G. Torrens [Torrens, D.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: D.G. Torrens
Published: 2012-05-24T23:00:00+00:00

New York

Eventually, Adrian came around to my way of thinking; I convinced him that our friendship was not going to suffer while I worked towards my future. For a while all seemed well. I was busy working all the time and Adrian had flown out to Norway. My friend Sally approached me at work one day and asked me if I fancied a four-day holiday to New York. She had a friend who worked for a travel agent and could get us a good deal. I jumped at the offer, and before I knew it I was on a plane to The Big Apple. We flew with British Airways; I had bought all new luggage and clothes for the trip and was full of wonder at what lay ahead.

Sally and I had become rather close since working for the Channel Tunnel Project. She was 38-years-old, had never married and was without children. I was only 26, but it made no difference to our friendship. We had clicked. We were both dealing secretly with our own demons. She had been in a ten-year relationship with a married man, who had been equally in love with her. He had been a doctor in the private sector, and he was married with two children. He had bought Sally a two-bedroomed flat in a nice part of town and visited her whenever he could. Then one day she had not heard from him. One day turned into two, then three, and so on, until what she had always feared the most, had happened.

Sally was contacted by a solicitor and advised of the death of her lover. She had a complete breakdown; she did not leave her flat for almost 12 months. In his will he had provided for her; of this she had no knowledge of at all. He had left her financially secure and the flat was paid for. She had been totally loyal to him all those years. He was waiting for his children to finish school and then he was going to divorce his wife. That’s what Sally had believed, anyway.

Sally had all her shopping delivered to the house so she never had to leave. It was not until almost a year later when she decided to pull herself together and start working again. She got herself a PA job working directly for the Director on the Channel Tunnel Project at Met Cam in Birmingham. That’s how we met and became friends. She was still heartbroken and mourning her loss when she started working for the company. We clicked immediately, and it was over a year before either of us confided in the other about our losses. Then one day we went to a wine bar for lunch, and I told her all about my break down after the end of my relationship with Peter. Then she told me her tragic story. We cried and hugged and then cried some more. We truly bonded that day.

On arrival at JFK Airport, a dingy scruffy one, I thought, we had to wait forever to get through customs.

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