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    A Stormy Season
    A Stormy Season
    A Stormy Season
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    A Stormy Season

    By Kelvin Bueckert

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    Happy Holidays?
    It certainly didn't seem that way.
    Melissa, a rich young socialite, was struggling to deal with the fact of her Grandfather's Alzheimer's.
    She was fighting her family to keep Grandfather in the care that he so desperately needed.
    Larry, an amateur auctioneer, was about to lose his home.
    He was scrambling to earn some extra income in order to stay in the little town that he loved.
    As a violent Canadian blizzard built around them, the situations these two young people faced intensified.
    How would they solve their two very different problems?
    The answer came to a surprise to everyone.
    Including themselves.
    How did they do it?

    Humor/Holiday/Romance/Social Issues

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKelvin Bueckert
    Release dateNov 26, 2018
    ISBN9781386929444
    A Stormy Season
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    Kelvin Bueckert

    Kelvin is a diverse writer who has written drama, humor, suspense, poetry, and pretty much, whatever he feels like writing. His writings have been featured in many different and diverse places such as The Pedestal Magazine, Horizon Magazine, The Fifth Dimension, Writer Online, The Martian Wave, Lyrica Webzine of Romantic Fiction, Bewildering Stories, Alephion, Washing the Color of Water Golden, and many others. As an actor, producer, writer and director Kelvin has been involved with many productions. So, if you have a show in the works, why not contact him? Awards 2nd Place in a Canada Post Essay Contest Honorable Mention in the Unscrambled Eggs poetry contest. Runner up in Breakaway Magazine's Hey World essay contest. 4th Place in the Spinetinglers contest. Outstanding Community Achievement as part of the Austin Manitoba 150th Anniversary celebrations. Garageband, song of the day. Compo10 song contest winner  

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      A Stormy Season - Kelvin Bueckert

      Introduction

      Welcome to this romantic adventure set in snowy Canada.

      The story is personal to me. It is set in my hometown and features a lot of the things and characters that live there. It was also inspired by the events that surrounded the onset of Alzheimer’s in my grandfather. Still, overall, it is a work of fiction.

      If you want to find out which parts are true, I guess you’ll have to take me out for coffee some time. Lol.

      I hope you enjoy it,

      Kelvin Bueckert

      www.kelvinbueckert.com

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      Chapter 1

      -Early December.

      I tell you. There have sure been some wicked things going on around here. Drool dribbled down the old man’s unshaven chin as he mumbled. He sure made a tragic picture, laying there on his white hospital bed, staring straight up at the sterile ceiling above him.

      They should be ashamed of themselves.

      Melissa reached out and took his wrinkled hand in hers. Why do you say that?

      I saw them there in that little room.

      Her petite face wrinkled in confusion. What do you mean?

      Her Grandfather kept rambling as if he hadn’t heard a word she said. They were playing cards in there. That’s witchcraft.

      They’ll be chopping off heads around here soon, warned a withered old crone who had hobbled in to join the discussion.

      The prophetess before her really was a tiny specimen. Her grey hair was done in a neat bun, her clothing was as plain as those of a prairie settler, but her milky grey eyes were wide open with deeply held conviction.

      You’ve got to watch the people this place, they’re all wicked.

      Now Mabel, you know what I told you, this isn’t your room. Melissa took the arm of the confused woman. Come with me, I’ll show you where you belong.

      The two women made their way to the doorway of the hospital room.

      Melissa pointed down the hall. Down there, that’s where your room is, remember?

      You young people think you know everything, do you? The old woman grumbled as she made her way down the hallway. Naturally, she traveled in the opposite direction that Melissa had directed her.

      It scares me, the things that are going on around here these days, her Grandfather proclaimed.

      Melissa returned to her seat beside his bed. There’s no need to be scared Grandpa…this is a nice place, the nurses are kind, I’m here…

      Grandfather and turned to lay on his side, staring at her with faded blue eyes that were completely void of recognition. Who are you anyway?

      Oh Grandpa, you know me, I’m Melissa, your Granddaughter.

      I don’t know anybody by that name.

      Of course you do. Remember your son Ted? I’m his daughter.

      Grandfather turned back to face the ceiling. Go away.

      But the nurse said I could stay and I…

      Get out of here! I don’t need you here! In happier times Grandfather would have never raised his voice to anyone but now, under the influence of Alzheimer’s, he had no problem getting aggressive.

      At least he was clean. That was an improvement from the last visit.

      Melissa brushed a tear from her eye as she made her way to the door. It tormented her to see Grandfather like this. However, nothing could be done.

      She just wished her family could accept that.

      Merry Christmas, a passing Filipino nurse said, her pleasant face glowing with the cheer of the season.

      Melissa felt like saying, humbug, but instead, she managed to force a smile and returned the greeting. What did these immigrants have to be happy about anyway?

      They were stuck in a small Canadian town in the middle of winter.

      The blast of cold air that struck her as she stormed into the great outdoors was evidence of that wonderful truth.

      She glanced around her.

      The ground was being powdered with steadily falling snowflakes.

      Humbug.

      She picked up her pace and soon left the hospital grounds behind. The wind was picking up so she tightened the hood of her parka as she made her way alongside the snow-covered highway leading toward

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