Darlene: He was her Mr. Right

by Bob Holt

Extremely shy but very beautiful, Darlene met Dr. Ray Hardy when she took the position as radiology assistant and dietary assistant manager at Pungo District Hospital in Belhaven, NC. He was a marine biologist attached to Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, NC. He swept her off her feet introducing her to a world she never knew existed. He, and his brother, Dan, owned Prime Properties, Inc. that had assets in excess of a billion dollars. On their first date, she wore a green cocktail dress and he was mesmerized by her beauty. Later, in St. Croix, he bought her another one. Now, he was in Australia doing a research project on the Great Barrier Reef. He promised Darlene that it would be the last one and they’d never be apart again. True to his word, He met her in Hawaii that July asking her to be his wife. She couldn’t have been happier until Sunday. She returned home knowing he’d be in Australia for another nine long months. She would spend Christmas alone in their cottage on Bath Creek. She was lonely but she was counting the days until he returned. His year in Australia was almost complete and her excitement grew by leaps and bounds with each passing day until she received the call. Her brother-in-law, Dan, sadly informed her that Ray’s plane had gone down in the ‘outback.’ “The bush pilot had no transponder or radio on-board. They flew by the seat of their pants.” Darlene was devastated, was he hurt or even worse? Would she ever see her ‘Mr. Right,’ again?

366 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 16, 2017

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Bob Holt, a North Carolina native, spent a tour in the Air Force before beginning his fifty years career selling restaurant equipment. During the last 25 years, he also held an active real estate “brokers” license. Traveling northeastern North Carolina as a “traveling salesman” for over 30 years, he met many interesting people and each had an interesting story to tell. He used these stories as inspirations to future works. His hobbies are many and diverse encompassing woodworking, decoys, watercolors, pencil sketching, photography, ham radio, genealogy, and writing. He currently lives in Winterville, NC with this third wife, Diana.