Home to Hart's Crossing (4-in-1 Edition) by Hatcher Robin Lee

Author:Hatcher, Robin Lee [Hatcher, Robin Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Diamond Place, The Legacy, Veterans Way, Sweet Dreams Drive
Publisher: StoneHouse Ink
Published: 2010-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

STEPHANIE HAD PRAYED THAT she would hear God’s voice and know what she was to do, and early the next morning, in that halfway state between waking and sleeping, she received an answer.

And the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion who will help him.”

As the verse from Genesis floated through her mind, Stephanie opened her eyes, half expecting to see someone else in the room because the voice seemed so clear.

I made you, Beloved, for a purpose.

Her pulse quickened.

I made you to be his companion.

Despite the rapid beating of her heart, Stephanie felt at peace. The special peace that came only from knowing and doing God’s will. Rare moments like this, when God spoke directly to her spirit, left her breathless with wonder. She heard and she understood. There was no room left for doubt.

She slid upright against the headboard and reached for the telephone on her nightstand. After punching in the number, she waited impatiently for an answer on the other end of the line.

Her heart skipped when she heard his sleepy, “Hello?”

“James, it’s me.”

“Steph?” He sounded more alert. “Thank God. Are you all right? Where were you yesterday? I kept calling, but you never answered the phone.”

“I’m fine. Really. I needed to go off by myself for the day. I had some praying and soul searching to do.”

Silence, then, “And?”

She smiled, hoping he could hear it in her voice. “And the children will simply have to accept that we’re getting married.” She brought her lips closer to the mouthpiece. “I love you, James. I want to be your wife more than anything.”

“Don’t go anywhere. Do you hear me? I’m getting dressed and coming right over. Don’t go anywhere.”

Stephanie looked at the clock. “It’s only 6:30.”

“I don’t care. I’m up and you’re up. What the clock reads doesn’t matter to us.”

She laughed softly. “All right. I’ll put the coffee on. Come to the back door. It’ll be unlocked.”

The moment she hung up the phone, Stephanie tossed aside the bedcovers and hurried to the bathroom to wash her face, brush her teeth, and run a comb through her hair. She changed into a pair of slacks and a blouse, then went to the kitchen to make the coffee. It was just starting to brew when a soft rap sounded. An instant later, the back door opened.

If there had been any shred of doubt remaining about her decision to marry James, it would have disappeared at the sight of him. Her heart skipped, and she felt as giddy as she had at the age of sixteen when he arrived, clad in tux and cummerbund, to escort her to the junior-senior prom.

Strange, the pathways of life. She had loved James twice—first as a girl, then as an old woman. Yes, the pathways that had brought her back to him were strange…wonderful…unexplainable. No wonder her daughter couldn’t understand what had happened in the past few weeks. Stephanie barely understood it herself.

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