**** MOMENTS IN TIME - TEASER **** “THE HEALING OF SORROW" As the heavens opened and the angels’ tears flowed. Their anger echoed as the thunder roared. One by one, family and friends gave their respects to the woman veiled with sorrow and the younger man whose spirit seemed almost lost. “I’ll be back in a moment, Mom. I forgot something in the car.” The younger man walked briskly away with his head bowed. The elderly woman stared at the men who threw the dirt upon the small cherry-oak casket. Her insides sank pulling the rest of her into the abyss of her pain. Clutched within her frail hands she held the picture of her grandchild – a beautiful little girl with dark auburn hair and laughing green eyes. “Ma’am, it’s time to leave.” A young man in his early twenties with coal-black hair gently touched her shoulder. “A few moments more, please.” She looked back to the hole in the ground. The young man dressed in black wearing a hat stood over her, shielding her from the rain with his huge umbrella. He was the driver of the family limousine. From behind them, her son dressed in a smoke colored suit briskly walked up. In his right hand, he carried a small doll with curly blonde colored hair; it was his daughter’s favorite. He motioned for the men who were tossing dirt upon her casket to stop. Kneeling at the grave, he tossed the doll into the hole, “Here baby, now you will be able to sleep in peace.” The man slowly stood and turned to look at his mother. “Mom, we really need to get you out of this rain,” he said reaching out for the woman’s hand. Madeline took her son’s hand and slowly made it to her feet. Just one week before they had buried his wife and now today his daughter – both the victims of a hit and run. As they pulled away from the cemetery Tom broke down. Madeline placed her hands on his, slowly speaking she said, “We will find out who done this terrible thing and they will pay.” Madeline turned to the window pursing her lips. The first day she met Mary, she fell in love with her, she knew that Tom was making the right choice when he asked her to be his wife. Mary’s parents had died in a fire during the first year she was away at college and she easily took to Madeline as though she was her own mother. Madeline had moved in with Tom and Mary just before Destiny was born. Mary had had such a hard time with the pregnancy and Madeline was eager to help. She had been so lonely since Tom’s dad passed away three years before and the news of Mary’s pregnancy was music to her heart. She had been there since day one of Destiny’s birth. Madeline had watched Destiny take her first step, and she was there the first time she rode her bike without training wheels. Tom squeezed his mother’s hand feeling her pain as well. He had worked late the night it had happened, his heart ached with guilt. How could he have lost them both? Who would share his dreams with him now? What if he hadn’t worked late? All these questions and more echoed in his thoughts. Once they were home and Madeline was resting peacefully, Tom called the investigator who was in charge of the case. After being discharged again, he slammed the telephone down. It was hard for him to be in the back seat, he was use to being the one in control. He looked in on his mother and then walked into the living room. The pictures of his wife and daughter seemed to scream out to him. Tom couldn’t take it anymore. He went to his room, got his gun and left. He had a description of the car and a partial license and he wasn’t going home until he found it. Copyright 2007 (To find out what happens get your copy of Moments In Time by clicking the link below)
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 21:11:44 +0000