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What
if you married a man you were forbidden to love to side step problems and found
yourself falling in love with?
5 STARS! "A soulful story in
the tradition of some of the Bible's great heroines. Duty, sacrifice, and faith
are carried in the arms of love by a courageous young woman, who rises above
her own flaws to help others. After reading this touching story, you will be
asking yourself, is my life a blessing to others?" — William Struse
Chapter 1 - What Now: a Snippet
As they entered the building
and turned down a dark corridor all Naomi could think was, now what will I do? The man pointed to a chair in a stark office.
Steeling her resolve, she entered, sat down, and clutched the old, brown,
leather suitcase to her chest. Seeing an official take a man into a room, she
heard his interview begin. The door shut. Her mind raced, now what…what now, demanding an answer. She closed her eyes, and
tried to think of one but there were none. No answers for immigration, and she
had known there would be none even before she ran away from home in the middle
of the night without a goodbye or a note explaining. Aware that running away
from the reality of being a Jew in a country that allowed only those of one
faith, and that one not hers, to live there, she had planned to find her uncle
once she was allowed into America and help him bring their family here. Tears
formed. She blinked them back, certain that if she cried; she would never be
allowed to enter America.
Seeking oblivion she closed her eyes, hoping
that when she opened them, she would find this was a horrid nightmare. Her mind
brought her back to the moment fear had taken control of her life once more.
She heard herself screaming, “Abuela Sosa, please do not be dead!” Her Madre’s
training took over because she heard her say, mi hija, think of something else. She tried, but as
if things could not get any worse, the image of the old woman’s daughter-in-law
packing her meager belongings into her suitcase flashed before her, and she
heard herself demand, “You have no need of me anymore? I gave you a year of my
life! Your esposo…your husband promised he would help me enter America
and search for my uncle if I took care of his madre!”
Aware that the kindhearted old woman had
treated her as if she were her very
own
kin, her sorrow increased. Yet knowing that her daughter-in-law had never
visited the old woman during their voyage, and was only there now because it
was necessary, Naomi was not surprised that this woman appeared unfazed by her
charge’s death as she dispassionately closed the lid to the teenager’s suitcase
and stared at her. Instead of demanding that the woman fetch a doctor, as she
had insisted an hour ago when she fetched her, all Naomi could think of was, what do I do, now what do I do? Then she
corrected herself, Naomi, it is not what
do you do…it is what can I do to convince them to let me stay? She watched
the woman eyeing her and wondered why is she in a hurry to rid herself of me
before the doctor examines Abuela
Sosa and declares her dead? Only then did she remember the woman’s secretive
responses to an odd phone call that came moments after she followed
Naomi into the estate room. Maybe the
family discovered the last name I gave was not…she felt a knot in her stomach,
and knew her worst fears were going to come true.
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