Like There's No Tomorrow by Camille Eide

Author:Camille Eide
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adoption, first kiss, oregon, sweet romance, foster home, heart issues, scottish hero, genetic disease
Publisher: Ashberry Lane Publishing

In her room, Emily lay on her back, smeared tears away from her temples, and stared at the envelope.

Creased, smudged, and unopened, it looked as if it had been through battle.

With trembling fingers, she drew out a handwritten letter bearing Uncle Thomas’s signature. The letter began with his sorrow at the loss of Emily’s mother, and an encouragement to remember the Lord is good, always, and is near to comfort the brokenhearted.

She read on, noting his apology and reasons for not giving her this news himself. When he learned of the disease, Emily was so young. He felt she needed time after the loss of her mother. She read each line slowly until she got to one particular phrase.

Freyer’s Syndrome. A rare form of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Emily was right about the diagnosis. It even had a name.

The monster that killed her mom and grandma had a name.

And it’s going to kill me.

The letter said that after taking part in a study of the disease, Thomas and a research team were able to isolate the mutant gene by performing a DNA test on Emily from a sample of her hair. The test of her DNA was beneficial in confirming the study. And for Emily, the result was positive for Freyer’s.

Positive.

Emily forced her hand to hold the paper steady and stared at the word until it blurred. Uncle Thomas said he hoped that when she’d had time to accept the news, she might consider participating in research to help the medical community better understand this rare disease. Perhaps in time, she might see her participation as a way to make something good come from all the suffering her family had endured. Make the pain count for something, turn loss into gain.

So that was it.

Hadn’t she prayed and asked God to help her know one way or the other? Here was her answer in bold black and white. If the disease progressed for her the way it had for the others, she might have four to six years. She had no future. No hope for a family. No home of her own.

The time she’d spent with Aunt Grace and the kids at Juniper Ranch had been special, but she’d wanted to see those kids grow up secure and confident, ready to take on the world. She wanted to make a real difference in the life of a child. She’d wanted her life to count.

And so it could. When she returned from Scotland, she wouldn’t waste a minute. She would love those kids and help them believe in themselves enough to make a difference with their lives.

But it wasn’t fair. What about a life of her own? What about ...

Ian.

“God, why did You let us meet?” Her agonized whisper sounded like someone else, like some other dying woman, not her. Why had God allowed this amazing man into her life if she couldn’t have him? Didn’t God know the silent desire of her heart, her deepest longings?

Dragging herself upright, she leaned against the wall with a groan and saw Ian’s face.

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