Counting on Starlight by Lynette Sowell

Author:Lynette Sowell [Sowell, Lynette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01A1A8YRY
Published: 2016-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

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“What am I doing tonight?” Right now, she was melting in the parking lot of The Pit, standing beside Matt and his rental car. “Can I call you back?” Of course, her question probably sent Matt’s radar into curiosity mode. Yup, his eyebrows soared upward.

“Sure,” Jake said. “It’s kind of important.”

“All right, then. I’ll call you in a few minutes.” She ended the call and turned her full attention back to Matt. “I really need to go. It’s hot out here, if you didn’t notice, and I rode with my aunt.” She was going to find out who told Matt where she was. Probably her mother, who still lamented that she never got to wear her mother-of-the-bride dress. Liann had already suggested her parents go on a cruise so she could have a chance to wear the gown.

“You’re shocked to see me, but I wanted to talk to you in person.” Matt looked comfortable but a little out of place in his khakis and button-down shirt, especially on a Starlight Saturday morning.

“I haven’t changed my mind, Matt.” A vehicle flashed in the sunlight. Aunt Chin Mae’s golden bean was negotiating its way around the holes in The Pit’s parking lot toward the exit. “No—Aunt Chin Mae!” But knowing her aunt, she probably had her Mozart cranked full blast in the car. And she’d forgotten Liann.

“Looks like you need a ride home.” Matt patted the roof of the car. “And we need to talk.”

“We can talk here. Really. Plus, I need to make a phone call soon.” She wanted to tear off and chase Aunt Chin Mae down, waving and screaming until her aunt noticed her panicked figure in the rearview mirror.

“What happened to us? I’m still baffled.”

“You flew hundreds of miles to ask me this?”

“I’m moving to Texas, Liann. I’ve applied to several churches looking for youth pastors not far from here. Plus, there’s a college outreach program in Austin that needs a director. I thought of you with that one. I understand if you’re afraid of being a pastor’s wife. Maybe with ministering to students on a college campus, you’ll feel less pressure.” Matt smiled, and for a few seconds, she remembered why she fell in love with him.

He made her feel as though she were the only person in his world. When he did that, it was easy to go along with almost whatever he proposed. When he had proposed marriage, she’d smiled as tears ran down her cheeks and he slipped the half-carat solitaire on her finger. He hadn’t asked her what kind of ring she wanted. He’d assumed. She should have seen the signs before then, however.

“You think you know what I want—you’ve got everything figured out.” Liann shook her head. A trail of sweat tickled its way down her back. “I’m not afraid of being a pastor’s wife. That’s not the issue. I’m not called to do that, I’ve realized. Yet you make it sound as if you’re trying to accommodate me, as if I’m not at your level.

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