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An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication
www.ellorascave.com
Promise for Now
ISBN 9781419915086
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Promise for Now Copyright © 2008 Diana Hunter
Edited by Pamela Campbell.
Cover art by Syneca.
Electronic book Publication April 2008
With the exception of quotes used in reviews, this book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in
part by any means existing without written permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing,
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This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales
is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.
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PROMISE FOR NOW
Diana Hunter
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Chapter One
“Well, there. Now it’s final and he’s out of the house. Good riddance!”
“Susan, stop it. Mike and I had twenty-five good years. He was—is—still a good
man.” Carol Iderman pulled her SUV into Susan’s driveway, suddenly desperate to get
rid of her best friend. Her head pounded and she wondered just why she had felt the
need for someone to go with her to the lawyer’s office to sign the divorce papers. Susan
wanted to celebrate and all Carol wanted to do was go crawl under a rock and cry. “We
just married too young. And with Mike Jr. and Alexa both out of college and on their
own now…well, it’s better this way.”
“Yeah, put a good face on it for everyone else, woman. Not for me. I know all the
gory details, remember? The cheating, the arguments? Personally? I’m thrilled you
finally wised up. You spent the best years of your life with that lying cheat.” Susan
opened the passenger door and got out, getting in one last comment before she shut the
door and righteously stalked into her expensive suburban home. “Stop looking at the
past through rose-colored glasses, Carol or you’ll make the same mistakes again.”
Carol watched Susan’s exit, keeping a stranglehold on her emotions. She put the
SUV into reverse, drove to the other side of the suburban development and pulled into
her own garage. The overhead door whirred and clicked, descending behind her. Still
gritting her teeth, she dismounted from the huge car that Mike had talked her into
when all she had wanted was a small runabout. He claimed the vehicle would be far
safer for her on the highways and never mind the money—they had enough. For Carol,
it wasn’t about the money—it was the size of the darn thing. While she wasn’t tiny by
any means, the SUV still wasn’t easy for her to manage. She had perfected a little twist-
hop that allowed her to get down fairly gracefully and it irked her every time she had to
do it.
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