Custody of the State by Craig Parshall

Author:Craig Parshall
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736960397
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.

35

MARY SUE, I’VE BEEN DYING HERE in jail without you. But didn’t Mom tell you that I didn’t want you to risk calling me here?”

“I’m sorry, Joe darling. But I’ve been trying to contact Will at the houseboat and I get no answer. And I’ve been playing phone tag with Will’s office. I’m getting really scared, not having any news about the case or how you’re doing.”

“You know they might be tapping this phone call—I’m using the pay phone in the day room. They could be listening to every word you’re saying. They could be tracing your call.”

“I guess I’m going to have to take that chance.”

“Well, honey—I love you so much. I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news…”

“What is it?” Mary Sue asked, her voice constricting with tension.

“The judge really slammed Will Chambers. When he refused to give out any information about where you were, he got sent here to jail.”

“Oh my heavens!” Mary Sue exclaimed. “Have you talked to him—how is he doing?”

“I have no idea. I was going to try to connect with him—but then, the next thing I knew, they transferred him out of here.”

“Transferred? Where?”

“I think they shipped him over to someplace called the overflow pen.”

“What’s that?”

“You don’t want to know,” Joe said, lowering his voice. “I’ve heard some horror stories about the place. Things are really going from bad to worse.”

At the other end, Mary Sue began crying softly.

“Listen, baby doll, our God is big enough to handle all of this. I don’t know why this is happening. But you and I are going to stick together. We’re going to beat this thing,” Joe declared, trying to reassure her.

When Mary Sue had collected herself, she shared the rest of her heart with her husband.

“Joe darling, we’ve had a bad spell with Joshua. He’s gotten real sick. He collapsed yesterday, and I had to take him to the hospital.”

Joe struggled for words, but nothing came out.

“They’ve got him stabilized now. But we’ve got to get a diagnosis. Dr. Bill up here in South Dakota knows a specialist. He says he’s one of the best in the world. We’re going to try to get a blood sample down to him right away. But the problem is, he’s on his way to some kind of medical mission down in the Bahamas. If we can get the blood sample down there to him, he might be able to take a look and make a diagnosis.”

“It looks like things are coming to a head pretty quickly,” Joe said with resignation in his voice. He paused, trying to decide whether to keep on bringing Mary Sue up to speed.

“You know our custody trial is coming up in a week. Mom probably hasn’t told you—but I fired that worm Stanley Kennelworth as my attorney.”

“What are you going to do now?”

“I was hoping that Will could represent you and I could represent myself at the hearing. I thought maybe we could work together. But I have no idea where he is right now.

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