Destiny's Dream by Delia Latham

Author:Delia Latham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pelican Book Group

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Clay phoned Julie later that morning and asked her to hang around the office until he showed up to get Destiny. He locked the door behind the young assistant, then peeked into Destiny’s inner sanctum.

“Mon cherie.”

She sat cross-legged on the floor with several file folders scattered around her. At his quiet greeting, she looked up and grinned. “You’re beginning to sound like a certain Frenchman we both know.”

“Just shoot me now!” They both laughed, and Clay eyed the uncharacteristic mess of papers on the floor. “Looks like a small tornado passed through here.”

“Yeah. Tornado Teeni.” She patted a semi-empty space beside her. “I’m playing detective. Are you in a hurry?”

He lowered himself to the floor at her side. “No, take your time. What are all these files?”

“I’ve been trying to figure out which of my Seekers might have an association with—with him.” With a pensive expression she picked up the closest folder. “I narrowed it down to a dozen people, based on their application information as well as my notes from the interviews. Then—” She hesitated.

“What?”

Meeting his curious gaze, Destiny raised her chin. “Then I prayed over each one.”

When he first met Destiny, Clay would have thought talking to God about the contents of a file folder a ridiculous waste of time. But something had changed since then, and now the idea seemed perfectly natural, even advisable—and certainly admirable.

“Of course you did. And…?”

She held up the folder on her lap. “You can believe this or not, but when I picked up this file today, a jolt, like…well, a bit like electricity…shot up my arm.”

Whoa! Prayer is a good thing, I can give her that much. But can I give her this?

His hesitation did not deter her. “It’s OK, I know it’s hard to believe.” She shrugged, and raised a shapely brow. “I didn’t believe it, either. I laid it aside and focused on several more before returning to this one. And when I picked it up…as God is my witness, it happened again.”

He drew a deep breath. “OK. Let’s just say that…jolt is something other than lack of circulation. Want to tell me whose file you’ve got there?”

Destiny nodded thoughtfully. “Her name is Karyn Peters.” She squirmed, seeming a bit uncomfortable with the discussion. “In order for you to understand everything, you have to know that it’s standard practice for me to take each application to God, right at the beginning, when they first sign up at Solomon’s Gate. I do it every day.”

She stood and stretched first one leg, then the other. A heartfelt groan told him she’d been in the same cramped position too long. Finally she walked behind the desk and lowered herself into a big leather chair, easily the most expensive item in the office.

Clay unfolded his own large frame off the floor, and leaned against the wall. “That’s great, but I’m not surprised. You’ve never made any secret of the fact that prayer is a big part of your life. I admire that.”

“I only told you about it because…well, after I got zapped twice—” She gave a rueful roll of her eyes.

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