Beyond the Shadows by Juliette Duncan

Author:Juliette Duncan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Juliette Duncan

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Thomas O’Connor was in a Rehab place run by the Salvation Army. As Caleb parked the car, Daniel steeled himself. Too many things in his head - his time in the building next door intruded into his mind.

“Not sure if I can do this, Caleb.” Daniel sat, frozen in his seat.

He closed his eyes and breathed slowly. He’d let everyone down, God included. Why couldn’t he just trust God like Paul had encouraged him to do? Why was it so hard?

Maybe Lizzy should have come. She gave him strength. No. I need to do this on my own.

Daniel turned his head and studied Caleb. He would never have expected his brother to be so solid.

“How did you manage it, Caleb? I’m really struggling with going in there.” Daniel reached into his jacket pocket and took out a cigarette. “Mind if I smoke?”

“Go ahead.”

Daniel offered the packet to Caleb, but he refused. Daniel lit up and inhaled slowly.

“I felt much the same as you, Danny. When Da first made contact a few months ago, I straight out refused to see him. He kept ringing. Every night. I refused to speak to him.” Caleb shifted in his seat. “Caity spoke to him though. Asked her not to, but she ignored me. She finally convinced me to see him.”

Daniel leaned his arm on the window sill and tapped the ash onto the ground.

“What d’you do when you saw him?”

Caleb drew in a long breath and chuckled quietly.

“You might not believe this, but I cried.”

“Go on. You cried?”

“Yep. Balled like a babby.” Caleb’s eyes twinkled.

Daniel shook his head. “That’s the last thing I’ll be doing.”

Caleb leaned forward and looked Daniel in the eye.

“You might be surprised, Danny. He’s not the git you remember. There’s hardly anything left of him, and he really does seem sorry for what he did. Says he’s found God.” Caleb winced and took a breath. “Don’t know whether he has or not, but me'n Caity, we decided to believe him. You decide what to do, but we figure he doesn’t have much time left, and it’s better to let it all go. Grace doesn’t feel the same. She won’t have anything to do with him.”

Daniel took another drag on his cigarette and then folded his arms. “Guess we’d better go in. Get it over with. You might need to hold me back though.”

“You’ll be okay, Danny. I think you’ll be surprised.”

“We’ll see.”

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