That night, at Samantha’s home, Alden remembered their first meet at the debutant party. “Sweetheart, that night in Venice Beach I had my eyes and ears only for you. I had been looking at the beautiful girl presenting the debutants almost all time I have been there, when I listened to your sweet voice, reading […]

A few days after their first romantic date, Alden calls Samantha to confirm his trip to Memphis that week. He couldn’t stay one week more without meeting his pretty girl. “Honey, I have good news. My boss released me during the holiday for another long weekend! I am flying on Friday night to be there […]

Suellen have got some concerns about her sister’s relationship. Samantha was talking effusively, as if she had known Alden for a long time. Listening to her sister talk about the relationship that was becoming increasingly committed, just in few days, and Alden calling every night, and watching Samantha and hearing her way of talking on […]

Samantha wakes up and watches Alden sleeping. For her, he was her angelic boyfriend, whom she had waited so long for. She was extremely proud of her love, just at the very beginning. Little by little, Alden wakes up and Samantha caresses his face and hairs and kisses him. “I wish you would wake me […]

After lunch, they kept talking to each other. Alden was lying on the couch on Samantha’s legs while she was stroking his locks. Alden asked, “Pretty girl, why did you move from Detroit years ago?” “Because my guard angel told me that ‘You should move to Memphis because you will fly someday from there to […]

Early, the next day, she woke up. One more day working with joy at the store. Upon waking, while Alden was still asleep, she kneels beside the bed and prays: “Angel of God, my Guardian dear, to whom His love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to light and guard, to […]

After the hours of walks and eating some little snacks on Baele Street, Samantha took him to a less noisy and less frequented place, closer to Mississippi river. As they sit down at the table, approaches the waiter, who knew Samantha because she sometimes frequented the place with her dance colleagues. “Hi there, how can […]

At the table, Alden questions Samantha about her health. “Samantha, did you contact the physician I told you last week?” “Alden, I am sorry for that… Don´t take me wrong. I didn’t, but I assure you I go once a year to check my gastritis and pass the image examination. I really have nothing, no […]

After walking along Baele Street, and Samantha, full of joy, showing the bars, shops and introducing some friends they met along the way, all of them surprised about Samantha introducing a guy holding hands, they sat down to have a coffee with cookies and cheesecake in a pleasant place. “Tell me about yourself, pretty girl… […]

Dr. Alden flew to Memphis on Thursday night. Next morning, Alden was dressed simply, with lite blue denim pant, flannel overshirt, and light brown boat shoes. After a single apple for breakfast in the lobby, the hotel receptionist hands him the huge bouquet of colorful flowers he had ordered. “She might be a very special […]

On Thursday night, Samantha went to dinner at Suellen’s house and decided to sleep there. Talking to Suellen, Samantha returns to the subject of LA with her conclusion about what happened. “Besides, Suellen, I think I’m dreaming too much … you know that thing of enchantment at first sight… my first little kiss… I can’t […]

Monday morning, Alden went to Dr. Daniel Meyer office. “Alden, I summoned you for one matter only. However, as friends, I want to discuss another situation with you later.” “Make yourself comfortable, Meyer.” “Take a look!”, delivering a dossier into Alden’s hands. He flips through the pages intently. “I am not sure if I could […]

Hot Monday in Tennessee. Little morning movement at the sisters’ store. A customer comes in and asks for something. Samantha, with her arms on the counter seems to be lost, traveling in her mind, with her eyes observing the depths of nowhere. “Samantha!” calls her sister. “Are you sleeping? A penny for your thoughts!” Absorbed, she […]

At the hospital’s main entrance, he asks the counter attendant at the reception for support, and they put her in the exam room for an abdominal ultrasound, electrocardiogram and internal imaging of the esophagus and stomach. Alden asks them to call some doctor available in the radiology sector. Himself fills in the admission form for […]

After the sad event on Friday night in the surgical center, Alden was unwilling to leave his house to go anywhere; however, he had received an invitation to attend a debutant party from a hospital client he had knew some months before, which the guy would partially organize with his wife’s fashion company. He spent […]

In the surgery room, the boy couldn’t resist the deep wound in his head. It was Alden’s first loss during surgery after years of work. The cut in the traumatized region of the skull was already open and blood was being drained to prevent clotting. Everyone is silent. The assistant nurse watches Dr. Alden, waiting […]

Samantha used to go to a restaurant whenever possible to have some fun with her dancers’ colleagues, the only opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle in the store, studying at the nursing technical school by night almost every day. It was frequent for her to listen to guys asking to drink together, or to […]

At the model’s agency Wonder Girls & Garments – WGG – in Venice Beach, the availability for young people to serve at events and exhibitions had become critical, given the chaotic demands of the mid-year Spring season. The number of tourists attracted certain businesspeople as well as associations and fraternities to their meetings. The model […]

Alden found himself reluctant on going to Easter’s Mass on Sunday morning. However, the precept of receiving the Eucharist once a year, at least on Easter Sunday, rang like a bell in his head. Walking along the beach early in the morning, and something increasingly calling him more strongly, made him return home to get […]