Don Emerson

The Morning After Darkness Don Emerson

"Life isn't always a neat bundle of happiness. But more important than the challenges we face is our response to them." -Pastor Sam. Upon the death of his parents, Lance Bradshaw, discovers he is adopted. Through his father's journals and his mother's diary, he also discovers his parent's past; a past never fully shared with him. Thus, he begins searches for the sister previously unknown to him and his birth parents. Lance Bradshaw's life was, in a word, idyllic; the son of a famous actor, and with loving parents as well. However, on his father's deathbed, Lance's world was shattered when his father's last words were "Adopted" and "Christine." What did this all mean? Who was Christine? And why had his father willed half his estate to her? The questions came fast and furious into his mind and launched Lance into a search for answers. A search that lead him deep into the secrets contained in his parents journals and guided by luck. Or perhaps it was not luck after all...