Toward the Sunrise by Elizabeth Camden

Author:Elizabeth Camden [Camden, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042030, FIC042040, FIC027050
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2015-09-02T04:00:00+00:00

Sophie insisted on hosting a grand feast to celebrate the end of the birthing season. It would be held on Dierenpark’s magnificent terrace overlooking the river, and Sophie promised to make goat cheese tarts, along with clam chowder, lobster cakes, and apple pie.

As the sun began to set, Julia helped Sophie carry trays loaded with food down to the slate terrace overlooking the river. Candles were lit, Emil dragged out their father’s old guitar, and the air was heady with laughter and celebration. Mr. Hofstad and his wife came, as did Ashton and the handful of servants who kept Dierenpark operating. Long after the food was consumed, they stayed to talk and laugh as the moon rose high and Emil fooled with the guitar.

Julia drifted to the far side of the terrace, leaning over the balustrade to watch the moonlight glisten on the river. She had been brave enough to set out for college in a new and strange city. While in Philadelphia, she’d landed her first paid job at a pharmacy, completed three years of demanding medical courses, and rescued a dog from angry firefighters. She had even performed three complete autopsies, yet nothing intimidated her as much as going back to face Dean Kreutzer and the possibility of complete failure.

There was a rasp of fabric and Ashton joined her at the balustrade. He smelled of pine soap and looked clipped and groomed, every inch the Manhattan attorney once again.

“You look very fine,” she said, trying to inject a hint of light into her voice. “That little white Alpine goat won’t even recognize you anymore.”

One side of his mouth lifted in a faint smile, but it vanished quickly. “I plan on leaving for the train station at seven o’clock tomorrow morning. I trust you will be ready.”

She turned away. She didn’t want him to see the cowardice on her face. “I don’t know . . .” Her voice trailed off, for she had no good explanation to give him other than that she was tired. And afraid.

“Don’t back down on me now,” he said, his face somber.

She sighed. “I still don’t know if this is the right path for me, after all. If you saw the way Dean Kreutzer looked at me . . .”

His hand covered hers, warm and firm in the chilly night. “This is your first test,” he said with quiet conviction. “Given the path you have chosen, there are going to be more, and it’s going to be hard. There are going to be times when you will feel worn out, ground down, and you may begin to doubt yourself, but I have never seen someone run toward a dream with as much passion as you. Don’t give up now, Julia. You’ve chosen a steep and daring path, and no matter how hard, how grueling, how intimidating . . . you are going to change the world wherever you go. You will leave a path behind you of people who have been healed and inspired because you came into their lives.

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