FOREVER LOVE by Melissa KeirForever Love is a story of a woman who comes back to her hometown, fifteen years after leaving it for the bright lights of Chicago. When Syndie Wilder returns to Amherst, Ohio, she comes back to take care of her ailing father and doesn't expect to run into the childhood friend who dumped her in high school. Thom Johnson had regrets for how he treated Syndie but hasn't ever stopped loving her. When fate causes the two to meet, sparks fly again. But will a childhood friendship turn into a forever love?
Other stories in this anthology are WANTED: WIFE by Lacey Wolfe, VOWS by Tamaria Soana, CRAZY FOR YOU by Sabrina Luna, HOME by Ella Jade, THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT by Autumn Jones Lake and LIFE IN SUITCASES by Melissa Kendall.
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Excerpt from Forever Love:
Dad was apparently running the vacuum in the living room, based upon the loud and annoying sound coming from downstairs. I listened with half an ear to the noise, idly wondering why the vacuum was so loud. A high-pitched whine came from downstairs, followed by the smell of smoke. Was that the fire alarm? What was going on?
I ran down the stairs to the living room, barely able to see through the haze of smoke. “Dad? Where are you?!” I screamed over the noise of the smoke alarm and vacuum.
Hearing a coughing noise coming from the kitchen, I ran into the room to see flames coming from the oven and my father using a towel to try to put them out. “Dad, we need to go. We need to call the fire department.” I pulled my dad toward the door and grabbed the cell phone out of my pocket.
“Hello, we have a fire at 224 West Front Street. Please send someone right away.”
Within minutes, the firemen arrived and set to work putting out the fire. I held on to my dad and wondered what happened. “Dad, why was there a fire in the oven? Were you trying to cook something?” Dad looked lost, like a small, frightened child. His eyes were glazed and his body was being wracked by coughing fits. The paramedics came over to take a look at him, alleviating a little of my worry. At least his cough was being treated. What was I going to do about his kitchen, though?
The fire was quickly put out; when the screeching of the alarm stopped, one of the firemen came over to talk with me. As he pulled off his helmet, I noticed his familiar face. It was T.J.
Smiling at the soot on his cheek, I said, “Thank you, T.J. Is everything okay in the house now?” I wanted to run my hand over his face and brush the soot off. Just being around him made my knees weak. You would think after sixteen years, I would be over him. Maybe my mind knows, but my body doesn’t yet, I thought sarcastically.
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