Dawn's Light by Terri Blackstock

Author:Terri Blackstock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

DENI WAITED OUTSIDE THE ICU DOOR FOR ONE OF HER PARENTS to come out so she could go in. The waiting room was filling up with friends and neighbors who’d heard about Beth. Brad Caldwell was still here, along with the Huckabees, and Amber Rowe had come after getting a sitter for the children. Jimmy Scarbrough and his parents arrived with tears. His father, Ralph, the former sheriff of Jefferson County, had lost fifty pounds since his shooting, and his breath was shallow from the long walk up the hall. But it was clear he was on the mend.

Other members of their church had drifted in to offer prayers and compassion.

Where was Mark?

Of course — he was out working, she told herself, trying to find Beth’s attacker. Maybe by now they knew who he was. They might even have him in custody.

She hoped he’d be off the streets soon so he couldn’t harm anyone else. Then Mark could come to be with her.

“Deni?”

Jimmy Scarbrough got up from his seat and shoved his hands into his pockets. His father got up, too, with great effort, and set his hand on his son’s shoulder as they came toward her.

“What, Jimmy?”

He glanced at his dad, and Ralph nodded. Jimmy swallowed as he looked back at Deni. “I saw Beth at Magnolia Park a few days ago. I should have told you earlier but I didn’t know . . .”

Her eyebrows lifted. “Did you talk to her?”

“Yes. She was upset because of that lady with the missing husband. She was crying and I tried to get her to talk to me about it.”

“Did she?”

“Sort of. She told me she saw them in their driveway sometimes, and I guess she felt bad for them.”

The former sheriff stroked his son’s hair. “Jimmy, tell them what she said about getting hurt.”

Jimmy’s eyes rounded. “Yeah. At first, she said she couldn’t talk to me because somebody might get hurt. She wouldn’t tell me anything else about that. Then we got off the subject and she told me about the lady. I forgot what she said about getting hurt . . . until she did.”

Deni’s chest tightened. Somebody might get hurt? Did Beth think she was protecting the Tomlin family? Or their own family?

If only he had told them, maybe her parents would have pushed harder for Beth to tell them what was going on. “Did she say anything about witnessing a murder?”

He shook his head. “No, nothing. I should have made her talk to me.” His eyes filled and the corners of his mouth edged down. “I wish I’d told your parents sooner.”

Deni blew out a strong breath and pulled the kid into a hug. “You couldn’t have known how important that was, Jimmy. We all had signs that we didn’t pick up on. But I’ll be sure and tell my parents. They’ll want to talk to you about it.”

He wiped his eyes, then went back to his seat. His father sat down next to him, his arm around him.

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