Maureen's Whisper

By Portia Paine Wicker

Dean has friends, four of them, thick as thieves and loyal to their primary objective - to make their teen years fun and memorable. The friendship of the boys calling themselves Gerome was forged in first grade at Milford Grammar School. Dean was convinced it would last a lifetime. When Dean falls in love with the new girl at church, his priorities shift. Fortunately, his friends have also reached the stage where their interest has shifted from rabbit hunting and fishing to girls. Maureen is not like other girls Dean has known. There's a sadness hidden behind her eyes. Dean senses that she's withholding a part of herself. He wonders if something about him causes her to pull away from their kisses. He wonders if some other boy has hurt her. Unwilling to discuss the painful truth with Dean, Maurine leaves town before Dean can learn her secret. Years later, after the death of the girl Dean had married, fate brings Dean and Maureen together again. Dean has waited a lifetime to be reunited with the woman who captured his heart forty-nine years earlier. The butterflies that Maureen always brought to life fluttered in the pit of his stomach as he waited for her to come to her door. She was Dean's unfinished business. After all this time, the memory of their days together continued to haunt him. He had never been certain of her love. What had gone wrong? The time had come to find out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495998932
• ISBN13: 9781495998935
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"