A Daughters of the Promise Collection by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

10

JOSIE WISHED ROBERT WAS HOME TO GET HER PILLS from upstairs. Clearly, one pain reliever hadn’t been enough when her headache had started up again. She lay back against two blue throw cushions on her couch. Robert had left over an hour ago to visit an Amish man named Kade Saunders, someone he’d met through Noah. Mr. Saunders needed an attorney to handle some routine business for him, and although he refused to talk business on a Sunday, he’d invited Robert to his home for tea this afternoon.

Josie picked up the Forbes magazine Robert had left on the coffee table with Mr. Saunders’s picture on the front. The magazine was dated ten years ago, and Josie couldn’t understand how a man of Kade Saunders’s wealth and power could give all that up to be Amish. She shook her head, which only made the pain worse. She tossed the magazine back on the table, then closed her eyes, and draped her forearm across her forehead. She fought the tears building. Crying would only make her head hurt more.

As the pain beat against her temple like a steel drum, the pain in her heart was equally fierce. She had the most wonderful husband on the planet. She had a daughter she was just getting to know. A beautiful home. And a tumor that would eventually kill her. When? Her stomach was constantly churning with fear and apprehension. Void of hope, Josie wondered why she was even bothering with any of this—getting to know Linda, unpacking the boxes in their home, or even getting dressed in the morning. She’d be gone soon, and with each passing day, routine things were beginning to seem pointless.

Her lids rose slowly when she heard a knock at the door. She let out a heavy sigh, and pulled herself to a sitting position, her head throbbing to the point she felt like she might vomit. Please, make it stop. Please. She wasn’t sure who the thought was intended for, but if there was anyone out there—God, a supreme being, or anyone to offer aid—she was willing to try.

Josie stumbled to the door as strobe lights flashed in her head and caused her vision to blur. She glanced at herself in the mirror by the front door, and she knew that she should care how she looked. No makeup, slept-on hair, and a raggedy T-shirt and blue jeans. But the pain in her head was overriding everything else. Robert had offered to stay home, and she should have let him. She wasn’t up to seeing anyone. Josie pulled the door open and attempted a smile when she saw Linda.

“Hi.” She tried to sound as chipper as she could.

“I brought you and Robert a piece of snitz pie. I made it.” Linda pushed a small basket, almost like a miniature picnic basket, toward Josie, and a smile lit her daughter’s face in a way that made Josie just want to drop to her knees and beg to live.

When the doctor first diagnosed her, Josie went through all the emotions, even had counseling.

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