Found by Karen Kingsbury

Author:Karen Kingsbury
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, General
ISBN: 9781414349787
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2006-07-26T22:00:00+00:00

Only why was he even in Bloomington at all? Wouldn't Ashley wonder that? Then he remembered that Ashley and Katy were friends. He allowed himself to relax. Ashley would figure he was here to see Katy-nothing more.

He tucked his Visa and the receipt into his wallet and changed his mind about more sidewalk shopping. He headed for his car, drove to the Starbucks a few blocks away, and ordered at the drive-thru window. People wouldn't expect him in Bloomington, but he couldn't take a chance. He had only a few hours with Katy. He didn't want anything to get in the way of that.

Whether he was crazy for being here or not.

167 Storm clouds darkened by the time Katy pulled into the parking lot and took the space next to the silver Camry, the one she'd seen Dayne drive off in earlier. Any moment lightning was bound to unleash over the campus.

"Figures," she mumbled. "You must be giving me a sign, Lord. Severe thunderstorms ahead."

She climbed out of her little red car, slammed the door behind her, and scanned the campus. Then she spotted him sitting at a picnic table beneath an overhang near the stadium's front gate. The temperature had dropped, and she wasn't sure she'd be warm enough. She wore a jacket and a white tank top beneath a black V-neck T-shirt. Her black jeans were loose, and in her flats it was easy to run the forty feet that separated them.

"It's freezing." She ducked into the covered area and stared at the sky. "That's gonna be a big one." She looked at Dayne. Her pounding heart had nothing to do with the coming storm or the run from her car.

"I know." Dayne had two steaming Starbucks cups beside him

168 and a bag of what looked like food. He gave her a hesitant smile. "I thought you might be hungry."

His kindness touched her. "Thanks. That was nice." The first bolt of lightning cut across the dark sky. Katy jumped and scurried to the table. "That was close."

Thunder shook the stadium and rattled the ground beneath their feet.

"Hmm." Dayne winced. "Not many thunderstorms in LA."

"No." She did a nervous laugh. "Not like this."

"What should we do?" He looked ready to run. "What's the safest place?"

Rain started suddenly, pouring down buckets on the cement promenade that separated the stadium and the parking lot.

"Well-" Katy looked around-"lightning hits the tallest object around. Still . . ." There were lots of higher places, but anywhere outdoors was a risk. "Honestly?" She took one of the hot coffee cups and moved to the edge of the covered area. "I think we should make a run for it."

As she finished her sentence, another lightning bolt shot down and hit somewhere in a neighborhood maybe a mile away. The intensity of the rain doubled.

Before the thunder hit again, Katy motioned to Dayne and shouted so she could be heard above the storm, "Let's go!"

She led the way, and Dayne stayed close behind. The thunder exploded around them just as they both slid into her car-she in the driver's seat, Dayne beside her.

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