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Noah
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By Elizabeth Reyes

Noah By Elizabeth Reyes
Copyright © 2012 By Elizabeth Reyes. All rights reserved
including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any
form whatsoever.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents
are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
resemblance to actual events or localesor persons, living or dead, is
entirely coincidental.
For information on the cover art visit Stephanie Mooney’s website
at: http://stephaniemooney.blogspot.com
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This is dedicated to my husband Mark who grew up on 5th

This is dedicated to my husband Mark who grew up on 5th
Street. Thank you for all the crazy , funny and heartwarming stories
you’ve shared with me over the years!CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
EPILOGUE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1
The nightVeronica Cruz prayed for her mother to die she never
imagined her mother would n’t w a ke the next morning . But she
didn’t. She died in her sleep. In the very house that Veronica was now
destined to spend the rest of her life alone .
That was six months ago. Since then Veronica ’s bane existence
consisted of waking to a silen t home and wandering aimlessly about
from her bed to the sofa in thefront room to the kitchen table until it
was time to crawl back into bed and start all over again.
Her mother had left her a substantial trust with the stipulation that
the house would never be sold. The home that had been in the family
for generations was to stay within the family for at least another
hundred years or until there was no one left in the family to pass it on
to. Unless shelived to be more than a hundred it would probably be
sooner since having kids required male companionship and meeting one
, required her leaving the house for more than just grocery shopping.
Still , she had promised her mother on her deathbed that she would
never sell the house .

never sell the house .
Since she was an only child , the house that was now paid for was
hers free and clear .The closest relative she had was an aunt her mother
had only spoke n of a few times . She’d never met her father so she had
no idea if she had any family on his side.
At twenty—eight Veronica felt like a spinster. Sure, most would
consider her relatively young for a spinster, but the years leading up to
her mother’s death had aged her in so many ways. When Veronica
found out about the cancerand how little time he r mother had left, she
dropped everything. She took a leave from her job as a human resource
director at the local college—a job she loved—to care for her mother
full time. Her social life became non -existent for over two years .
By the time her mother passed, Veronica was forty pounds heavier
and drained completely of any energy to return to the real world. She
hadno desire to go back to work so worn and completely out of shape.
Feeling like she’d aged ten years and heavier than she’d ever been in her
life , there was no way she was showing her face there again. Not only
did her mother’s death drain her physically, it had also taken her spirit.

She was no longer the vibrant young woman full of goals and ambitions
she once had been.
Losing her momthe way she had, watching her wither away
hopelessly, in so much pain with no way to help her had scarred her
forever. She was angry with God and saw no reason to even try being a
contributing member of society anymore. What good did it do you
anyway, when it could be taken away just like that?
A loud knock at the front door jolted Veronica out of her dreary
thoughts. She already knew who...