Dylan's Faith: A Contemporary Christian Romance (Love's Enduring Promise Book 4) by Chapin T.K

Author:Chapin, T.K. [Chapin, T.K.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Branch Publishing
Published: 2015-07-13T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

February 15, 2011

Coming out of the airport terminal at Lincoln City, I was surprised by the strong smell of the ocean that was evident in the air as I stepped outside. Getting into the back of a cab, I asked the driver to take me to the Seagull Inn where I knew my brother Chris was staying.

As we drove through the little town of Lincoln City, I couldn’t help but think about my mother and how she visited many of the shops there. Seeing a grocery store, I thought about her and envisioned her pulling up in a car to go get groceries. It was so strange since just a week ago I thought she was dead. But now she is not dead; it turned out she had another life. Why’d she leave us? I kept asking myself on the ride over to the hotel. What would she think about when she saw us?

After paying my cab fair, I noticed Chris’ car in the parking lot at the hotel. It was parked along the farthest edge of the lot and the ocean waves were crashing up on the shore off in the distance behind. He really did it, he drove all the way here, I thought, smiling. Thankfully he made it in one piece. Walking into the hotel lobby, I asked for Chris’ room. They refused to give me the room number and instead called him, thus ruining my surprise.

“He’s in room six-one-six,” the hotel clerk said.

“Thanks,” I replied. Grabbing my duffle bag from the floor, I headed out the door and over across the parking lot to his room.

Chris was standing in the doorway smiling. “You came!” He shouted over the cool breeze that was blowing.

“Sure did,” I replied as I walked into the room.

Tossing my duffle bag in the corner, I asked, “So, any leads on Mom?”

“It’s tough, man. I just have an old photograph I pulled from that photo album years ago. I’ve been asking local stores if they knew the woman.”

“That’s going to take forever. Let’s see if we can get a last name, the note did say she had a different family here, have you called and asked Lenny if he knows what her last name might be?” I asked.

“No.”

I walked over to the phone and dialed out to the Silverback back in Chattaroy to see if Lenny might know about our mom’s last name.

“Silverback Inn, this is Lenny.”

“Hey, it’s me, Dylan. I’m in Lincoln City with Chris.”

“Oh wow, you decided to go?”

“Yeah, what could you tell us about our mom, Elyse? Do you know by chance what last name she could be under?”

“She was married to your father but she never took his last name, so I doubt she’d be under that... hm. Even if she did, she left and wouldn’t have kept it. You know what you could try? Her maiden name, Miles.”

“Okay, we’ll go with that.”

“Sounds good, I’ll see if I can dig anything up in your Dad’s stuff down in that room.

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