In this novel, you will meet Shirley and Charlie. Each woman has a past, and secrets and lies connect them.
Shirley is a Professional Registered Nurse who has dedicated her life to her career. She was unable to have children or the family she desired, so her husband, Bob, became her only family. Shirley enjoyed glimpses into her friends' families, trying to be a part of the family but always being an outsider. Forced into retirement, Shirley finds loneliness and an unexpected diagnosis of cancer, forcing her to reminisce and relive past regrets and secrets.
Charlie, short for Charlotte, is a professional nurse at the beginning of her career. She is the daughter of Mary, one of Shirley's past friends. Charlie has blossomed despite a childhood filled with lies and secrets. She is eager to leave the past behind her and be judged on her own attributes, not those imposed on her by her childhood. Charlie is assigned to Shirley's cancer treatment team.
Shirley sees this reunion with Charlie as an opportunity to correct decisions she made in the past.
Charlie sees the reunion with Shirley as a possible threat to her current life, reputation, and career.
- Will Shirley uncover the secrets from the past?
- What will be the outcome of revisiting long-past secrets and the impact on Shirley and Charlie?
- Will there be healing and understanding?
- Will there be a chance for forgiveness?
Read on to find out the answers following the twists and turns of their relationship as Shirley undergoes chemotherapy infusions administered by Charlie for the treatment of her cancer.