Second Chances By Constance Bretes

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Second Chances

A poignant love story of searching for answers and finding forgiveness.

Five years ago, he was convicted of a murder he didn’t commit and sentenced to 20 years in prison. After serving three years, his conviction was overturned and he was set free.

Bitter about the conviction, his former lover taking his son and running away, and having to start his veterinarian business over in another state, Dr. Jon Stephenson, a Native American from the Lakota tribe, set about to try and find Cat Morgan and his son.

Cat Morgan’s life was ripped apart when she walked into a woman’s house and found Jon in bed with her. Add to the heartache, Jon was arrested for a murder he said he didn’t commit,andsentence to 20 years in the state penitentiary. She had been fired from her teaching job, unknown to Jon, she was pregnant with Jon’s child, and he had granted her custody of his five year old son. She fled and went to California after his sentencing.

In a small town located in N. Dakota. Fate intervened and brought the two former lovers together. However, things are not as they seemed as these two people try to rebuild their lives centered around their two children.

"The ones that matter the most are the children." —Lakota Proverb