Freedom's Kiss by Sarah Monzon

Author:Sarah Monzon [Monzon, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Radiant Publications
Published: 2018-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Present Day, Florida

With a sense of trepidation, Olivia opened the drawer of her nightstand and retrieved the dreaded envelope she’d placed inside days ago. Procrastination had to end sometime…so did confronting her parents. She still didn’t know what she would say to them and wasn’t sure she had the fortitude to hear their answers. But she needed to. She couldn’t live with this cloud hanging over her for the rest of her life and so many unanswered questions.

She hated that she wasn’t handling the whole thing better. Couldn’t she just accept that her parents loved her and leave it at that? David and Eileen weren’t perfect, no one was, but they were better parents than most kids could claim having. They’d sacrificed so much for her while she was growing up, and she kind of felt like showing them these test results would be a slap in the face to all of that.

She let the envelope rest in her lap as she pressed the corner into a groove of her fingerprint in her forefinger.

Identity.

Like the swirls that ridged the pads of her fingertips, who she was didn’t draw a straight line from birth to this moment. It dipped and swooped and circled, adding layer upon layer. But what was at the center? If she could peel it all aside, what would she be left with? A child unwanted by her mother? One born of the heart instead of the womb? Someone with a rich heritage that she knew nothing about? A future uncertain?

Who am I? Who am I? Someone special to Jesus. I’m Olivia. I’m Olivia. I am special to Jesus.

A memory floated on the air like dust bunnies sparkling in the rays of sunshine pouring through her window. She closed her eyes and replayed the song in her head that she hadn’t heard since she was a little tyke in children’s church. It was a simple song with a simple message meant even for toddlers to understand—it didn’t matter who you were, you were special to Jesus. The nucleus of every living person’s identity.

She tilted her head back in a moment of prayerful silence to still the turmoil that had been rippling in her soul.

The garage door opened beneath her room, and she peeked between the blinds of her window to peer out. Her dad’s truck pulled into the driveway and disappeared below her. Scooping the envelope off her lap, she stood with a long sigh and walked out the door and down the steps.

“Hey, honey. I didn’t expect you home. Not working at the food truck today?” Her mom set a couple of plastic grocery bags on the counter, then looked up at Olivia with a smile. A second later her dad waltzed in from the garage with a huge grin. He tossed his keys onto the hook by the door and then bent to wrap her in a bear hug that had her feet lifting off the ground. He swung her around, laughing as if in celebration.

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