Starting Over
READING AGE 16+
After losing her husband, Janet Porter's life in the wooded heights of Oregon's Willamette Valley has begun to settle down.
Everything changes when her son Nate calls from Iraq with unsettling news. Returning home on a medical discharge, Nate doesn't want the accolades or service medals he's offered; he wants to be left alone.
Desperate for help, Janet confides in Andy McNamara: a war veteran who volunteers at the local V.A. clinic.
It soon becomes clear that Nate's wounds go far deeper than his torn-up leg. As a freak tornado touches down in the Willamette Valley, they're all thrown into a new world - a world of starting over.
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Chapter 33
Ashville, North Carolina.
October, one year later…
Janet glanced at Nate as he slowed their rental SUV down to a crawl on the curvy tree-lined, cobbled street. He was so handsome in his dress blues, but it was the medal in the purple case between them that held her attention. She eyed the case with the simple bronze cross ……
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