Her Redeeming Faith by Carolyn Greene

Author:Carolyn Greene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L&C

Chapter 8

A couple of days later, Ruthie stood in the Connecting Threads shop, trying to get Savannah to accept payment for fixing the loose band on Sobo’s hat. Unfortunately, her friend refused to accept the cash Ruthie thrust upon her and kept diverting the subject back to Gray’s conspicuous absence from the prayer vigil.

“Pastor John saw him leave church the other night. He was hoping Gray would stay for prayer time. I think he wanted to know why he didn’t hang around.”

There had been four years of nonattendance on Gray’s part, so Pastor John clearly knew, even without Sobo and Pop saying so, that something had been keeping him from church. Like her, he had hoped Gray had experienced a change of heart. The pastor’s hope had been her own.

“What did you tell him?”

Savannah smoothed the ribbon on the hat.

“The truth. That I didn’t know.”

Ruthie pressed her lips together, then forced herself not to judge his decision. Gray had promised he would tell her what had made him turn away. Now she just had to trust that he would keep his promise and that God would give her the heart to hear Gray’s explanation and the right words to respond.

“Well, despite his absence, the prayers are making a difference,” she assured her friend. “Sobo has made significant progress and should be able to go home soon.”

When they had heard the good news at the hospital last night, Gray had worried about the stress it might cause his grandmother if she returned home and noticed the doll was missing. They both agreed they needed to step up their efforts to find it.

Savannah dragged the dress form from the entry of her shop to the small raised platform where brides, prom-goers, and other customers modeled their purchases and the alterations she provided for them. “Time for a new fitting,” she said. “I changed out the zipper for pearl buttons, and I want to see if they line up properly.”

Ruthie stuffed the cash back into her pocket and decided she would find another way to pay Savannah for the hat repairs. “Sorry, not today.” When the wannabe bridal designer started to persist, she added, “I’m just not in the mood. Why don’t you have Paisley or Nikki model it for you?”

“Come on. You’re the closest to my size. Besides, Paisley’s getting ready for the lunch crowd, and there’s only one customer in your area.”

Closest to her size only if she padded the top and hips. “Exactly,” she said, focusing on the lone customer. “And I need to wait on her.”

“She’s browsing,” Savannah countered. “Let her shop in peace. If she wants to buy something while you’re all trussed up, I’ll wait on her.”

After a bit more back and forth, she agreed, but only on the condition Savannah would take payment for the hat without complaining. The perky blonde plucked the bills from her hand and stuffed them into her sewing machine drawer. Now Ruthie was her hostage for the fifteen or twenty minutes it would take Savannah to ooh and ahh over her own creation.

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