A Season of Dreams by Gilbert Morris

Author:Gilbert Morris [Gillbert Morris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781441239976
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2012-12-11T05:00:00+00:00

If the sermon affected Jerry, he showed it little in the days that followed. The schedule was tight, and every day for the next week he flew with Cara. Cara noticed his silence and teased him about it. “I hear you went to hear the preacher. Are you gonna hit the glory trail, Jerry?”

Instantly, Jerry said, “Don’t make fun, Cara.” His tone was sharp as he said, “I’ve seen enough of the real thing in my folks, in Owen, and in Bonnie to know that it’s real. You know it is.”

Somehow this offended Cara. “I guess you’re telling me I’m just a no-good tramp,” she said sharply.

Her own life had been bad almost from the beginning, and she took his attitude as a personal rebuke. It drove her to excesses, so that every night she was out drinking. There was no lack of companionship, for men sought her company constantly. Brent said once to Jerry before they went up, “I’m not seeing Cara anymore, but she’s stepping pretty high.” Hesitating, he said, “She’s drinking a lot, too, and I wish she wouldn’t. Can’t you talk to her?”

“I’m the last one she’d listen to,” Jerry said.

It was at the end of a hard day’s flying that Gavin said, “Let’s do one more shot. There’s plenty of light.”

“Can’t we do it tomorrow?” Cara said. “I’m pretty tired.”

Gavin shook his head. “Bad weather may be here tomorrow. If we can do this one sequence, we will be mostly through with the hard stuff. The rest of it you wouldn’t even have to do, Cara.”

“All right, let’s get it over with then.”

It was a trick they had done often with the air circus. Jerry would fly over a racing convertible. Cara would stand in the rear seat, reach up, and grab a special harness suspended from the wheels. She would fasten herself in and then the plane would rise. The difficulty was in getting from the undercarriage up into the cockpit. Gavin had arranged special safety devices by which she could crawl from the wheels up the side of the fuselage. It was relatively safe.

As they were getting ready for the stunt, Jerry walked over to Cara, who was wearing a long blue evening dress and a blonde wig as she doubled for Eileen.

Jerry saw that Cara’s hands were trembling and that there were circles under her eyes. “Cara, you’re in no shape for this. Let’s put it off till tomorrow or the next day.”

Cara looked up at him defiantly. “No, we’ll do it right now.” She squeezed her hands together and for a moment looked troubled. “All the fun’s gone out of it, Jerry—between you and me. I’ll be leaving as soon as we get through with these shots.”

Jerry was not terribly surprised. Cara was not steady and he knew sooner or later she would leave. “Where are you going?” he asked quietly.

“Paul Yonkers wants me to do a transoceanic flight. I’m going to New York to talk about it as soon as we’re through.

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