First Mates by Cecelia Dowdy

Author:Cecelia Dowdy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2005-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

When Rainy returned home after the singles’ ministry meeting, she lay on the couch to take a short nap. The phone rang, shattering the silence. She groaned, wondering if she should let the answering machine take the call. She reluctantly abandoned the comfortable couch and answered the phone. “Hello,” she managed to say.

“Rainy, have you been working too hard again?” Her mother’s strong voice carried over the wire, and Rainy felt like she was five years old again.

“Mom, hi.”

“We haven’t spoken to you in over a week. I told your father you were probably busy at your job and at your church. That congregation keeps you busy, doesn’t it?”

“Yeah, Mom. How’s Dad doing?”

“Oh, he’s fine. He’s out in the barn with Mark. One of the cows is calving tonight.”

She recalled the late nights her father would sometimes spend in the barn, waiting for a new cow to be born. “How are Amber, Mark and Cindy?” Her brother Mark was married and they had a three-year-old daughter. She had a good relationship with the tyke, in spite of the distance in their living arrangements.

“Little Amber is fine.” Her mother brought her up-to-date on the family. However, she could hear an apprehensive tone in her voice. Her mother sighed, and she knew something was wrong.

“Mom, what is it? I sense that something is on your mind.”

“Well, I’m not really sure what the problem is, but I think Mark and Cindy are having trouble.”

“Trouble? You mean in their marriage?”

She paused. “Yes. I want to talk to them about it, but I don’t want to interfere.”

“This is the second time this has happened in the past year. Have they talked to Pastor John? He used to help a lot of people in our congregation.” She recalled the kind words married couples used to say about the pastor’s advice. He always said his advice came straight from the Good Book, but she sensed that he had a gift when it came to dealing with couples.

“I’m not sure.” Her mother paused again, seemingly wondering if she should say more. Rainy heard the door open and her father enter the house. Soon he had taken the phone from her mother.

“Hi, Miss Rainy!” her father boomed. After she had talked to him for a few minutes, she finally got off of the phone. Before she went to bed that night, she said a quick prayer for her brother’s marriage. Mark and Cindy seemed to be made for each other. Hopefully their problems would be fixed soon.

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