Full Circle by Davis Bunn

Author:Davis Bunn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

chapter 17

Kayla found Adam seated behind the wheel of her father’s car in the company lot. Several sheets of paper were spread across the seat next to him. A black rubbish bag was dumped on the rear seat. A neighboring tree rustled overhead, a gentle sound, light as laughter. Adam scribbled furiously, not looking up until she opened his door. He greeted her with, “Joshua fired me.”

“I know. I’m so sorry it’s taken this long. Honor and I . . . We came as soon as we heard.”

“It’s okay. Your father let me wait here so I wouldn’t freeze.”

Kayla inspected him for gaping wounds. Adam did not sound cheerful. But not unhappy either. Kayla stated what she and Honor had decided was the best course of action. “I’m taking you home.”

“Can’t.” He tore the sheet from his notebook and started working on the next. “We’ve got work to do.”

“Honor will come back for Daddy. Move over, I’ll drive.”

“We’re not going to your house.” He began gathering notes. “We’re going to London.”

Kayla protested, “They just dumped you on the street.”

“On the drive, actually. But never mind.”

“Never mind? That’s all you can say?”

“Actually, I have quite a lot more to tell you. But not here.”

“You’re not making any sense.”

“I know. There’s something we have to do. Together.” He gathered his papers off the seat. “We need to hurry.”

Kayla drove them downtown and parked in the lot across from Oxford’s central train station. They made the next high-speed service with seconds to spare. Adam slipped into a seat opposite hers, spread out his papers on the table between them, and went back to work. Kayla assumed he had a job interview lined up. Perhaps her father had arranged something for him. She repressed the urge to pry. She was certain she would find out soon enough. For the moment, she was grateful for a fragment of time to sort through the morning’s events.

Honor was a woman of grace and a giving heart. She loved her new husband and blessed their home with love and peace. These were not imaginings. Kayla could not argue with this. Yet the facts and the woman stood in direct contrast to what Kayla had just witnessed. Honor came from a world of bitterness and abandonment and hurt. Kayla knew there was a unique mes-sage there. She knew this, and she was frightened by the knowledge. Because if it could happen to Honor, why not to her? Yet to accept this as a possibility meant giving in to the most painful thought of all.

Hope.

While Adam remained absorbed in his work, she studied him. He stopped writing and sorted his notes. He flattened the creases and rubbed away the folds. He lined the pages like soldiers about the narrow table. When there was not enough room, he handed Kayla her purse without looking up. She touched his fingers when she took her purse and absorbed an electric shock in the process. Adam did not notice either the touch or her shiver.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.