Her Sister's Shoes by Ashley Farley

Author:Ashley Farley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Leisure Time Books
Published: 2015-06-24T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

SAMANTHA

SAM FINALLY GOT through to Moses on her fifth call. When he pulled up in front of her house five minutes later, she was waiting for him on her porch. She quickly filled him in on the events of the evening.

“I can’t handle this, Moses.” Sam paced up and down the porch. “My son has given up on his life. He wants to die.”

“Come here.” Moses pulled her to him and wrapped his big arms around her, whispering words of comfort and rubbing her back until she calmed down.

“Tell me what to do.” She pushed away from him, drying her tears with her shirttail. “Obviously I can’t keep him safe here.”

“Where is Jamie now?” Moses asked.

Sam reached for the doorknob. “Inside, talking to a police officer.”

Sam and Moses stood to the side, listening to Jamie answer Eli’s questions.

“Who’s the little girl?” Moses gestured toward Bitsy, who was fast asleep on Jamie’s lap.

“My niece, Bitsy. I rescued her mother, my younger sister, Faith, from her abusive husband this afternoon.”

Moses stared at Sam in disbelief. “As if you need anymore drama in your life. Where is Faith now?”

“At the hospital, getting a doctor’s report of her injuries.”

“Are they staying here with you?”

“I couldn’t very well turn them away, considering their circumstances.”

“Of course not.” Moses pursed his lips and rubbed his chin in thought. “In fact, having them here might work to your advantage.”

“How so?”

“I can tell by the way he’s holding her, Jamie seems very protective over his little cousin.”

“He is. His whole demeanor changed tonight when he saw my sister’s battered face.”

“Focusing on someone else’s problems might be what Jamie needs to get his mind off his own.”

The idea made sense to Sam. “I hadn’t thought about it like that, but you might be right.”

“We need to decide how to proceed,” Moses said. “I can have Dr. Baker admit him to the hospital tonight.”

“To the psych ward?”

“Unfortunately, yes. That’s where they will put him on suicide watch.”

The alternative was to conduct her own suicide watch. While the idea scared the hell out of her, having her son admitted to the psych ward was even less appealing.

“Do I have another option?”

“He needs to be in therapy, Sam, if not with Dr. Baker then with someone else.”

“I’ve tried, Moses. Jamie flat-out refuses to see anyone.”

“And look where that’s gotten him. He’s too tired tonight to listen, but if you’re comfortable waiting until the morning, I can be here first thing. Jamie and I are close enough that I can talk to him straight, about what happened tonight and about getting some help. But I warn you, Sam, if I have any concerns for his safety, I will have no choice but to find someone to commit him.”

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