The 90 Day Rule
by Diane Nelson
When playing by the rules means stepping
over the line…Sometimes starting over means trying out assault and
battery, especially when the object d’ violence is a cheating husband caught in
the act. Restraining orders aside, safety comes in numbers and having certain …
standards.For Jessamine chaos and capitulation are facts of life. Giving
up dreams to service her husband’s ambitions and enabling the same blind
submission in her own daughter ends abruptly, leaving her rootless, homeless and
destitute. For some people, it is the kindness of strangers who make the
difference but for Jes it is the unlikely alliance of the
mother-in-law-from-hell, a devastatingly handsome basketball coach and a phalanx
of determined team members who convince a woman of a certain age that beginning
again doesn’t mean giving up or giving in.The only problem is … there’s
that pesky 90 day rule.
over the line…Sometimes starting over means trying out assault and
battery, especially when the object d’ violence is a cheating husband caught in
the act. Restraining orders aside, safety comes in numbers and having certain …
standards.For Jessamine chaos and capitulation are facts of life. Giving
up dreams to service her husband’s ambitions and enabling the same blind
submission in her own daughter ends abruptly, leaving her rootless, homeless and
destitute. For some people, it is the kindness of strangers who make the
difference but for Jes it is the unlikely alliance of the
mother-in-law-from-hell, a devastatingly handsome basketball coach and a phalanx
of determined team members who convince a woman of a certain age that beginning
again doesn’t mean giving up or giving in.The only problem is … there’s
that pesky 90 day rule.