Alicia Chace

All Her Promises Alicia Chace

In Plato's "The Symposium" he writes: "Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature." So when it happens, if it happens, where the ever-ticking of the clock stops if only briefly, and two become one dancing blissfully under the starry skies of heaven. The wounds of human nature may heal, but often fate, who answers to no one, will leave one and take the other and in this story leaving Dani behind, without the chance of even saying goodnight, never knowing why the dance ended so soon and left standing alone and with a broken heart. Only Dani's story will not end when she passes from this world and into the other and is no longer forbidden to dance on, and into the end of moonlight. It will be her story she leaves behind; however, "All Her Promises" her daughter April and her girlfriend Abby will find that will resolve many of Dani's unanswered questions and bring closure to a mystery time would have forgotten. Take an emotional journey and fall in love with "All Her Promises"April and Abby met and fell in love during their freshman year in college. Now, seniors, they prepared to graduate, leave Memphis and continue their education in Rhode Island. When April's reclusive mother Dani dies at 41, it becomes her responsibility to respect her mom's last wish and to take her ashes to New Orleans. April believes her despondent mother, a functioning alcoholic is finally at peace, and as her daughter, it's best to obey her mother's last request and move on. Whereas Abby's curiosity will lead her in discovering a story Dani had written about her life in the military in 1996. Dani's story leads April and Abby on a journey to the bustling streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans, where they learn of an unrequited fairy-tale romance Dani had while on leave before being deployed overseas. For April, she is heartbroken her mother's death and the story, if it's true, brings them closer. For Abby, however, it's about the closure and the truth behind the story that would forever leave Dani heartbroken. It will be a nineteen-year-old Dani's words written over twenty years ago about the love of her life, that will guide April and Abby in resolving a mystery time had long forgotten.