Heart of a Champion by Kelsey MacBride

Author:Kelsey MacBride
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian, romance, contemporary, inspirational, suspense, Christmas, religious
Publisher: Kelsey MacBride
Published: 2015-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Brenda was kept only one night. She was deemed out of danger and sent home to rest for at least two weeks, at which time she’d see a doctor for evaluation. Inhaling the air after she was wheeled out to her father’s waiting car, she climbed in feeling like she’d just been released from a six-month stint at Fort Lyon Correctional Facility.

“What an ordeal, right?” she said lightheartedly.

“You know, we can’t take much more of this, Brenda,” her father said, shaking his head. “Your poor mother cried herself to sleep last night, worrying if she’d done the right thing letting you decide what to do because she knows you’re going to choose skating over everything else, no matter what common sense might dictate.”

“I didn’t mean to make her worry.”

“Brenda, that’s what happens when you’re a parent. You worry about your kids.” Lawrence’s voice was tired.

“But I’m not a kid anymore,” Brenda countered in an attempt to try to remove some of that concern by stating the obvious.

“Brenda, that’s the dumbest thing you could have said. I don’t think if I gave you ten minutes to think about it you could have come up with anything dumber.”

Frowning and pulling her head back, Brenda looked ahead and focused on the road as they journeyed home.

“You’ll always be our kid. You’ll always be younger and more naïve and less experienced and less wise than your mother and me. It’s how God made things work.” He shook his head and stared at the road. “I don’t say that to be mean, honey. I say it because it’s true.”

Brenda looked over at her father. “Do you want me to stop, Dad? Do you want me to quit skating?”

For the first time, her voice didn’t crack at the idea of letting go of her passion. She didn’t want to come across as a spoiled brat demanding that things be her way. She wanted to know the truth, and her father would give it to her.

“What your mother and I want is for you to take what the doctors have said seriously and then base your decision on that. We want you to weigh both sides, come up with a plan or two. We don’t want you just to jump back into this because it’s what you think you’re expected to do. Because you think you have nothing else.”

The miles sped by, and Brenda and her father sat in silence for the rest of the drive home.

Stepping inside the house, Brenda filled her lungs with the familiar scent of home. For some reason, this overnight trip seemed to take more out of her and make her more homesick than her original injury had. She peeked into the kitchen but didn’t see her mother. Looking into the living room, she saw the television on, flickering some old movie. Brenda saw her mother sitting on the couch, staring at the television screen. She had something in her hands and apparently didn’t hear Brenda and her father come into the house.

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