Loving the Rain
Page 19
“Do you think you can be happy now?”
“I’m still grieving the loss of my wife, but I finally have two people who know the truth. I can be the father I always wanted to be, and I think in Zander I have a true friend for the first time since maybe high school. I think things are gonna be all right.”
“So you’re…we’re going to work with Dr. Frauss?”
“You can make up your own mind about that,” Clay remarked with a smile. “Me? I think I’m going to just take it one day at a time. My new friend will just have to be patient.”
Tanner nodded his head and smiled. He and his dad looked intently out at the steadily drizzling rain as drops were falling from the trees’ green leaves. After a lengthy pause in the conversation, they both said in unison, “I love the rain.”
Look for Book Two in the series
Skeleton Key
About the Author
Jeff LaFerney has been a language arts teacher and coach for more than twenty years. He earned his English and teaching degrees from the University of Michigan-Flint and his master's degree in educational leadership from Eastern Michigan University. He and his wife of twenty-five years live in Davison, Michigan. Torey and Teryn are their two children. Skeleton Key is his second novel. His first, Loving the Rain, is also available.