"She Walked Through His Heart Again Today" Bob Holt Jason and Joan were like one all the way from second grade through high school. Then Joan was gone pursuing her dream of success in the world of academia. Jason floundered around afterwards marrying Carolyn on the rebound a couple of years later. The short-lived marriage produced a son, Glenn that was the only good thing to come out of the marriage. For the next decade, Jason turned his attention to growing his yard furniture and refinishing business buying a small house with a huge building out back. It was just a few miles from his Mom and Dad's located just off Hwy 55 near "downtown" Sandy Bottom N.C. Most of Jason's days were spent in his shop working on various projects while his evenings were spent downing Bud Lights by the six-pack while petting and feeding his walk-on pet cat, Samantha. All that changed when his childhood friends, Richard and Sandy, introduced him to Lisa. She blew him away and they interacted passionately either in Sandy Bottom or Lisa's camper parked in the Holiday Trav-L-Park at Emerald Isle, NC. Their relationship was like a roller coaster ride that was mostly caused by Lisa's failed marriage to the biggest "SOB" in Greene County. When they discovered that their son, Eric was gay, his father spirited him off to Hargrave Military Academy. That sent Lisa into a tail-spin that effectively ended her relationship with Jason. Joan's father died about a year later and when she returned for the funeral, she chased Jason down wanting to rekindle the relationship they once had. Jason was hesitant but knew he still loved her. She returned to CA promising to move back to eastern NC that spring. Within a couple of months all contact was lost. She'd done it to him again. Nursing his hurt, Jason fell back into his business but as before, was haunted with almost nightly visits by Joan standing at the foot of his bed in her prom dress with an out-stretched hand. The dream, or was it a nightmare, would not go away. Sandy and Richard brought Lisa back into his life a couple of years later and they picked up right where they'd left off. As their relationship flowered, Joan's nightly visits began to diminish. Then the tragedy happened and Lisa was gone. Jason was once more alone wondering what could possibly happen next.
About the Author: Bob Holt grew in in the northeastern corner of Duplin County, NC and began traveling northeastern North Carolina in 1962. The area he traveled encompassed 21 counties best defined as the area bordered by the Virginia line to the north, Hwy I-95 to the west and Hwy 70 to the south. He worked for a large restaurant equipment company based in Raleigh, NC with branches in other cities. He sold restaurant equipment and smallwares to restaurants, hospitals, schools, churches, any location that had a commercial kitchen. He would leave home on Monday mornings and return on Fridays. Over the next 27 years, he built a large customer base. After 27 years of traveling, he stopped when his boss had a stroke. Shortly after that, his first marriage came to an end, He incorporated, trimmed his customer base back dramatically and relocated to the Greenville, NC area after his separation. He stopped doing business on the private sector completely in 1999 turning his attention to schools, hospitals, and churches. He began his writing career in 1996 publishing two non-fiction books laying his interest in writing aside until 2007 when he began writing his first fictional novel finding out quickly, it was much more involved than he'd thought but now in 2015, he has three published fiction novels and the sequel to his cookbook titled, "Bob's Country Recipes And Other Interesting Stuff II" was released in 2012. This book, "She Walked Through His Heart Again Today," is his 4th novel. Bob lives with his third wife near Greenville, NC enjoying being active in their church and enjoying meals, mostly brunch, with local and Facebook friends. Bob became a Blue Lodge 3rd. Degree Mason in February of 1965 in St. John's 4 lodge in Kinston, NC After a move back to Pink Hill a year later, he transferred his membership to Pleasant Hill Lodge 304 between Pink Hill and Deep Run, NC. He became a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason in November of 1967 and a Shriner a couple of weeks later. He spent time between 1979 and 1983 giving time back to the Boy Scouts in payment for the time and skills given to him in his scouting years back in the late 40s and 50s. Bob served as the Neusiok Chapter advisor during that period being more than compensated for his efforts when he was awarded the Vigil Honor at Croatan Lodge's fall Fellowship at Camp Bonner in 1981. Bob's love for the flatlands of North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Parkway is very evident in his books.