Come to Me Alive: A Contemporary Christian Romance Novel by Leah Atwood

Come to Me Alive: A Contemporary Christian Romance Novel by Leah Atwood

Author:Leah Atwood [Atwood, Leah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Falling Leaf Press
Published: 2014-10-07T04:00:00+00:00


Chapter 15

On Sunday morning, Sophie was getting ready for church when her phone rang. She ignored it and continued brushing her hair. Twice more, it rang. Giving in, she answered the fourth call after finishing with her hair.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were dating melt-your-heart-with-his-eyes star Bryce Landry?” Kate demanded without a greeting.

“What? What are you talking about?” How did Kate find out? If Kate knew, who else did?

“Mia posted it all over Facebook.”

“You’re friends with Mia on Facebook?”

“Yes and if you were on it, you’d have seen. This is huge. I can’t believe you didn’t tell me.”

“Oh no,” Sophie muttered. Oh no, oh no, oh no. Since she didn’t use social media, she’d never thought to warn Mia. She should have thought ahead. “Kate, I’ll call you later and tell you everything, but I have to call my parents.”

“You better.”

As soon as she disconnected from Kate, she called her parents. “Please answer,” she begged to the phone. No answer. She took a deep breath. She was panicking for no reason. How many people could Mia be friends with? Trying Mia directly, she left a message when the voicemail greeting beeped. “Mia, it’s your sister. If you get this, please take down everything you’ve posted about Bryce. This wasn’t supposed to leave our family. Please call me back. Love you.”

After several minutes, she’d calmed down, convinced Mia’s breach wasn’t all that serious. So a few people, most of whom she didn’t know, would find out. Everything was fine. Yet, when her doorbell rang shortly after nine, she jumped. Cautiously, she approached the door. Relief washed over her when she saw Bryce. She opened the door for him.

His grim face made her stomach churn. “I’m so sorry, Sophie.”

“What about?” she asked, the sick feeling growing roots and sprouting.

“Ready or not, we’ve been made public.”

She pulled him inside. “Mia?”

“Yes. I didn’t think. I should have known.”

“It’s my fault. She’s my sister.”

“Caroline called me first thing this morning.”

His words struck her with the full force of hurricane strength gales. Word had spread beyond Mia’s online world. “How bad is it?”

“We’re trending.”

“Trending?”

“We’re the most talked about thing on all the major social media outlets right now.”

“Oh no.” She went weak, her legs like jelly.

Slipping an arm around her, Bryce led her to the sofa where they sat. “Are you okay?”

“I don’t know. My mind is reeling. How did it spread so fast?”

“The nature of the beast. One person posts something with a tag and it spreads like wildfire.” He kept his arm around her, giving her the steadying peace she needed.

“What now?”

“The press is already hounding for information. We can have Caroline release an official statement or remain low-key and ride it out, see if the hype dies.”

Hope shot through her. “Do you think it will?”

“Hard to say. Depends on what else is going on in the world of entertainment.”

Hunching over, she buried her head in her hands. “What do you think we should do?” she mumbled.

“Right now, it’s conjecture and rumor as far as they know.



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