Arms of Grace, Book 1 by Eleanor Chance

Author:Eleanor Chance
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darlington Publishing
Published: 2016-12-26T23:09:53+00:00

I’d never been so happy to walk through my front door. My time in Baltimore had changed me, but my little house was like an old friend welcoming me in with open arms. It was my safe place.

I went straight to bed when I got home. My back was thrilled to get reacquainted with my comfy mattress. After a great night’s sleep, I got up to tackle the pile of mail waiting on the kitchen table. Alec had been picking it up and mailing it to me in weekly batches, but she hadn’t sent the last one. She had given it to me on the way back from the airport. Other than another letter from Aunt Jenny begging me to come for a visit, the rest was junk and bills. I paid the bills and put Aunt Jenny’s letter aside to deal with later, not having the energy to think of another excuse to put her off.

With that out of the way, I did a full inspection of the house. I’d had a cleaning service coming in every two weeks, and I was impressed with the job they had done. The house was cleaner than it had been when I was taking care of it. I was about to e-mail them to thank them and cancel their service but changed my mind and asked if they would keep coming. I could easily afford it and not having to do the heavy cleaning would free up time for me to spend with Johnny. They e-mailed right back saying they’d be happy to keep me as a client.

With my morning shaping up nicely, I went to take a long, relaxing shower. The phone rang two minutes after I started, but I ignored it. I assumed it was Alec wanting to light a fire under me. I cursed when it rang for the third time and turned off the water. Dripping all over the carpet, I grabbed my cell off my bed and checked the caller ID. It was Alec as I suspected, but I knew that not even she would be so insistent if it weren’t important.

“Couldn’t whatever this is wait two minutes, Alec? I was in the shower,” I said without bothering to say hello.

“No, it can’t,” she said in a rush. “It’s bad. Kinsley must have passed Jay’s report to DSS. They’ve filed a petition to remove Johnny from life support. Get over here. Now!” she said and hung up.

I sank down to the wet carpet and stared at my phone, waiting for it to tell me I’d heard wrong. The blank screen stared back in silence. I started to shiver and feared I was going into shock. I dried off and dressed as fast as I could. Nothing mattered but getting to my Johnny.

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