Authors: Jean C. Joachim

Memories of Love (17 page)

Epilogue

Cara and Grant sat
sprawled out in the living with the Sunday
New
York Times
scattered everywhere. Their Sunday tradition was to enjoy an
early brunch and then spend an hour reading the paper before Cara’s matinée and,
if Sarah went on a play date, making love. Thanksgiving was less than two weeks
away and preparations had been started. Jane had invited Gary. Skip was coming,
and Cara was waiting to see if Grace could be there, too.

She wanted her
sister with her in New York, to meet Sarah, go shopping, and hang out. She
missed her “
Pookie
.” Cara’s cell phone rang.
Ah, it’s Gracie.

“Hi,
Pook
—” she stopped when she was met with uncontrollable
crying. “Grace? Gracie, what’s wrong? Talk to me.”

She heard her sister
take a couple of deep breaths, then silence.

“Please, darling,
what’s wrong?”

Silence.

“Gracie, listen.
Listen! You get on a plane and get out here right away, Grace Brewster.
Whatever it is, we’ll fix it.”

“You can’t, you
can’t…” Then her sister dissolved into tears and hung up the phone.

*The End*

About the Author

Jean
Joachim is an author, married, a mother of two boys and owner of a rescued pug
named Homer. She writes contemporary romance and has more than a dozen
contemporary romance books published with more scheduled to be released within
the coming months.

Jean has been writing
non-fiction for over twenty years and fiction for three. Her review column,
"Movie Choices for Kids" has been syndicated on parenting newspapers
websites for the past 12 years. A native New Yorker, she still lives in New
York City. Her website address is:
http://www.jeanjoachimbooks.com
.

Other
Secret Cravings Books by Jean Joachim:

Hollywood
Hearts

If I Loved
You (Book 1)

Red Carpet
Romance (Book 2)

Now and
Forever

Now and
Forever, The Beginning, Love Knows No Boundaries

Now and
Forever, Callie’s Story

Now and
Forever 1, a Love Story

Now and
Forever 2, The Book of Danny

Now and
Forever 3, Blind Love

The
Renovated Heart

The
Moonlight Series