A Promise

Joy, anguish, lies told, truths uncovered, terminal illness, murder, and buried secrets all play into a decades-long journey that takes three lifelong friends from Texas to Maine. Their unbreakable bond and the promise made are the heart of this story, drawing readers into their world.
This is the story of three young people who came together in 1971 on a hot August afternoon in Austin, Texas, and how their lives were Irrevocably changed.
John Morgan, raised by his single mother after becoming pregnant in her senior year of high school, never knew who his father was. Mark Cameron, adopted at birth, had a conflicted upbringing with an adoring mother but an abusive alcoholic father. 'Flower,' raised as an only child by her single father, a Colonel in the Air Force, meets John and Mark, who are studying architecture at the University of Texas. The trio develops friendship and love for each other as they uncover the truth behind the stories and lies told to John and Flower about their absent parents, and Mark begins to understand who he is.