The Hand of Destiny

The hand of destiny is a fictional novel of the life and loves of Detective Thomas Corely. When he was close to retiring he and his wife Rita planned on spending the next few years traveling and seeing the world. Unfortunately his wife past away a few months before Tom retired. After Tom retired he decided he would spend his time writing novels about the cases he had experienced. A friend talked him into also helping persons in trouble at the Charity House to help people in trouble who had no relative to help them. After helping in the charity house Tom realized that there were many people in the hospital that were recovering without any family around the area to visit them and keep them company. So Tom spent his time doing whatever he could to help people and keep them company. Because he was also famous for his keen ability to solve crimes, he was often asked to come back as a part time police detective by his former boss Captain Richard. Tom couldn't say no. Tom solved several cases as a part time officer. One of the persons he helped at the charity House was a young lady named Victoria Graton who was a Nurse Practitioner at a Columbus hospital. She was left on the street after she spent everything she had to help her husband's cancer treatment in Chicago. Her husband past away anyway. She had enough to get to Ohio where she was arrested for sleeping on a couples porch. She was brought to the Charity house where Tom met her. Tom was immediately attracted to her. He helped her by bringing her to his house and getting her a job at the local hospital. He wanted to talk with her about their relationship but she was too busy trying to get back on her feet. She also had too much to do to recover her self-respect. She saved enough money to ship her husband's body back to Columbus where she found that her mother-law was old and need help.