Faith, Hope & Love (January Cove Book 9) by Rachel Hanna

Author:Rachel Hanna [Hanna, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Faith picked at her sandwich, staring out at the ocean instead of filling her growling stomach. She’d volunteered all morning and forgot to eat breakfast, so she should’ve been gobbling up everything in sight right now. Instead, she was lost in thought about Amelia.

“Is something wrong with your sandwich, sweetie?” the waitress asked as she passed by to refill her sweet tea.

“Oh, no. It’s great. Just have a lot on my mind.”

The waitress eyed her for a moment longer and smiled. “Well, that water out there always soothes my weary soul. I’m sure it’ll do the same for you, honey.”

Faith nodded and smiled as the woman moved to the next table. She didn’t know why Amelia’s plight was bothering her so much, but she’d barely slept last night thinking about her. That tiny little freckled covered face hid so many hurts.

“Penny for your thoughts?”

Faith turned to see Brandon standing there, a penny between his thumb and index fingers stretched out in front of him.

“Jeez, man, do you ever go to work?”

Brandon put the penny on the table and tugged at his scrub top. “I think this should be an obvious answer, Faith.”

She laughed. “You seem to show up everywhere I am. Are you following me?”

Brandon slid into the chair across from her. “Yes. I’m a former CIA agent, but now that I’ve told you, I’ll have to kill you.”

“Can I finish my sandwich first?”

“Since I know how good their sandwiches are, I’ll allow it.”

Faith loved being around Brandon. He made her feel at ease and even somewhat at home. She no longer felt like a stranger in January Cove.

“You okay?” he asked.

“I guess so. Just a little overwhelmed.”

Brandon slid the penny across the table. “My offer stands.”

Faith picked up the penny and put it in her pocket. “I need all the money I can get.”

“So what’s going on?”

“There’s a little girl I met yesterday. I had lunch with her. Her situation has me rattled. I feel like I need to do something more for her, but I don’t know what.”

Faith spent a few moments recounting her lunch with Amelia as Brandon listened intently. When she was finished, she sighed and leaned back in her chair.

“Wow, that’s a terrible situation. How can I help?”

Her heart felt like it was going to burst out of her chest. Who was this man? How was he so amazing? And why hadn’t some smart woman snatched him out of bachelorhood yet?

“I wish I knew. I feel so helpless.”

“Well, let’s see if I can help. When I have a problem, I like to think about what successfully solving it would mean.”

“I don’t understand.”

“Like, in a perfect world, what would you want to see happen for Amelia?”

“Well, I’d want her in a safe home full of love and food and everything she needs to be happy. I’d want her to stop getting bullied at school too.”

“So how do we move her toward that goal?”

“I don’t know, Brandon. That’s why I’m picking my sandwich apart and staring at the water.

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