Castles in the Sand by Sally John

Author:Sally John
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736934831
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.

Thirty-Seven

Saturday morning Susan rinsed the carafe under the running faucet. It clanked against the porcelain sink.

“Doggone it!”

She inspected it carefully, grateful not to see a crack, and set it on the countertop. After turning off the water, she clasped her hands together, squeezing so they wouldn’t flutter about and knock something over.

“What I mean is, Lord! Help! I’m losing it. Calm me down. Please, please calm me down.” A song sprang to mind and she sang aloud. “‘Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms. Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.’”

Drake was on his way to the beach house. Cause for alarm? Or for hope?

“Hope. I choose hope. I do. Hope is from You. Fear is not. The straitjacket is not.”

“Susan.”

She turned and saw Drake on the other side of the screen door.

He grinned and stepped inside. “Are you talking to yourself?”

“Me, myself, and I.” She shrugged. “And God.”

Drake walked across the room, his arms held wide. “Sounds like good company.”

The memory flashed through her mind of Thursday night’s dinner. Her sharp words to him replayed. Yes, I got pregnant out of wedlock. But you know what, Drake? You were there when it happened. She thought of the voice mail she’d left for him, informing him of the baby shower.

His only response to both communications had been to call her that morning. He’d asked, somewhat tersely, if she was available that afternoon. He would come to the beach, after an early lunch meeting. They could talk.

At least it was a start.

She stepped into the circle of his arms.

“I miss you, Susan.”

She slid her arms around him and laid her face against his chest, cutting off her response. The truth was, she didn’t miss him. In some bizarre twist, life had been simpler at the beach house. Alone. In particular, alone without him.

What on earth were they going to talk about?

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