Chapter 11
Dallas, Texas
It had been a long week at work for Suzanne, and the dream about Stephen had returned to haunt her every night, leaving her feeling lonelier than before. She had been divorced for eleven years, yet dreams about her ex-husband still went straight to her heart, filling her with anguish and a renewed sense of failure.
To top it off, Melanie had been on vacation all week and Suzanne had a temporary fill-in. She not only missed Melanie’s knowledge about everything that went on in their area of the company, but she also missed her camaraderie and friendship.
Her ten sales reps were scattered throughout the state, and Suzanne regularly traveled during the week to work with each of them. That usually helped her cope with the pain of her personal life because it got her
