Broken Dreams by Traci Hunter Abramson

Author:Traci Hunter Abramson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dreams;Broken;love;greif;friendship;relationship;torn;rebuild;olympics;skaters;figure skaters;coach;traning;heartbreaking;cancer;Mother;Shattered;friends;overcome;hardship;happy;love;fiction;lds;clean romance
Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc.
Published: 2021-10-12T17:33:47+00:00

Chapter

Ten

Maggie made the turn into her neighborhood and waved at a neighbor walking his dog. Home for the summer. What would this be like without her mom? And what would it be like with her father at home? She didn’t know if he had ever been without someone to coach for this long.

Despite the challenges ahead, at least she had one bright spot to look forward to: Lance. She could hardly wait to see him.

For the past few weeks, he had been so diligent about checking in on her dad, constantly offering her assurances that he wasn’t alone. She hadn’t thought it possible for their friendship to deepen, but those weekly phone calls had done wonders for raising her spirits every time her grief threatened to drown her.

Maggie’s eyes scanned the street in front of the Whitmores’, where Lance usually parked his truck, but it was empty. Pity. He must still be at work.

She pulled into her driveway, noting the new flowers by the front walk and the fresh mulch around the trees. She was barely out of the car when her dad emerged. His face lit up.

“There she is.” He crossed to her and scooped her into a hug.

She absorbed the comfort of home, the memories of her last time in Virginia washing over her. Even though three months had passed since her mom’s death, the loss rose up inside her.

Her dad held on for a moment longer than expected. Finally, he pulled away and asked, “How was the drive?”

Maggie swallowed the lump in her throat and tried to keep her emotions out of her voice. “It wasn’t too bad. Just a little traffic once I got to D.C.”

“Let’s get your car unloaded.” He opened the back door and pulled out a suitcase and a laundry basket full of bedding.

“It might be easiest to put my suitcase in the laundry room. Almost everything I own is dirty.”

“I can do that.”

Fifteen minutes later, her dirty clothes were sorted into baskets in the recently painted laundry room, the first load of laundry was in the washing machine, and the rest of Maggie’s belongings cluttered her room.

She opened the box that held a framed photo of her and her parents and set it on her bedside table. Now she was home.

She took in the image of a happier time; this particular photo had been taken at the world championships in Vienna last year. Only three weeks later, her mom had received the call from the doctor with her cancer diagnosis.

Maggie unloaded the rest of the box, taking the time to put her books on her shelf and her stuffed animals on her bed. Determined to organize her mess, she opened the next box. Once she was done unpacking, she carried two boxes into the living room and set them by the front door to take out to the trash.

“Maggie,” her dad called from the kitchen. “Do you want me to fix you something to eat?”

Her mom’s words coming out of her dad’s mouth.

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