Dream Angel : Heaven Waits by Patricia Garber

Author:Patricia Garber [Patricia Garber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jungle Room Press
Published: 2011-12-27T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

An hour later, and in a turn of last-word-irony I was dressing for the evening show. To say Elvis is persuasive is like saying the ocean is wide, but there was more to this evening than just my accommodating nature. I had been trying to convince myself all evening that “anyone” could have left that note on my door, but my continence wouldn’t rest. All I could see was Steve’ pleading eyes at the café, and Elvis reminding me that God’s children were historically bad when making decisions alone. The consequences for my sins felt long overdue.

Sitting at my grandmother’s antique vanity, I was dabbing perfume to my wrist when the phone rang. I almost dropped the bottle in my rush to pick it up. The word “daddy” flashed on the screen.

“Daddy!”

“You were supposed to call.”

“When I got home, yes sir,” I squeezed my eyes tight. “I’m sorry.”

The line went silent. I turned the receiver around to see if we were still connected, and we were so I waited.

“You arrived safely then.” He said curtly.

“Y-yes, sir.” It wasn’t so much a question, but I answered anyway.

“All right then, goodnight.”

“Goodnight.” He said and then promptly hung up.

Still holding the phone to my ear, I just sat there, listening to the dial tone. I felt as disconnected as the line. My father deserved better. He had suffered through so much heartache. The last thing he needed was me twisting the olive-branch of his life. He needed peace. But, I was human too, and a lot had happened on those three hundred miles home. I needed to talk to someone.

I called the one person I knew I could count on. She picked up on the first ring.

“I’m glad you called.” Heather said, skipping the more mundane “hello”.

Just the sound of her voice did wonders. “I’m home, and I’m fine.” I beat her to the punch.

“Are you sure? You sound… funny.”

I heaved a sigh, stood up, and went to my closet.

“To be honest, things are… strange here.” I considered a navy blue dress then disregarded it.

“W-what do you mean strange?”

My heart strings tugged over the worry I heard in her voice. She was like a big sister to me. The urge to tell her about the last twenty four hours surged but I held back. The battle of good and evil didn’t serve well over the phone.

“You know, it’s been odd.” I picked out a pair of black ankle strapped heals and tossing them to the bed.

“Odd, covers a lot of ground, Samantha!”

“Please, don’t shout. Daddy’s already mad at me, and I don’t think I could handle it if you were too. I’m ok. I’m home, and Elvis is here, but I do need to talk to you. Can you come over tomorrow morning, it’s sort of,” I was extra careful, “important.”

I could hear her breathing.

“Are you there?”

Heather had been in the trenches of life with me for so long, I wouldn’t have blamed her if she hung up. But she didn’t.

“You’re right, we should talk.

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