Leap of Faith by Tanya Stowe

Author:Tanya Stowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611162172
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2012-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

8

Almost two weeks later, they walked out of the same theater. The weather, which had been beautiful, had started to cool in the last few days. Zoe shivered as a brisk evening breeze swept over them.

Zack pulled off his jacket and slipped it over her shoulders. “I guess winter’s finally going to show up. How about a bowl of tortilla soup before we head home tonight? Bobby’s Grill on Main has some of the best I’ve ever had.”

Zoe nodded. “Sure. That sounds good.”

It really did sound better to Zoe than her empty apartment. After two weeks of dinner each night, continuous phone calls and constant conversation, she and Zack found they had more things in common than they could count. Zack had joked about it, but they had formed a strong friendship.

It was a good thing because tonight, Zoe needed a friend.

They were seated at their table and had already placed their order before Zack spoke again. “Something tells me we should have gone to the Cineplex instead of the Bijou today. Somehow I think ‘Father of the Bride’ wasn’t a good choice for you.”

A smile floated over her lips. “Don’t be silly. Elizabeth Taylor was stunning and Spencer Tracy, well, let’s just say if I could have chosen a father, he would have been it.”

The waitress delivered heaping bowls of soup topped with chopped onion and shredded cheese. The pungent scent wafted up, and Zoe dug in, anxious for something to take her mind away from her thoughts.

“It’s a good thing we’re eating the same thing or we wouldn’t be able to sit in the car together. These onions are potent,” Zack said.

“But good,” Zoe agreed around a mouthful of tender, spicy chicken, pinto beans, and thin tortilla strips. They ate in companionable silence for a long while. Zoe pushed her bowl away. Her slice of corn bread still untouched.

Zack noted her half-full bowl but said nothing, and Zoe was thankful. She needed to think, to…what?

Her thoughts drifted.

After a while, Zack pushed his own bowl away and cleared his throat. “I was kind of hoping dinner would give you the time to talk to me about whatever’s bothering you.”

“If I was going to talk to anyone, it would be you, Zack. Your friendship has come to mean a lot to me.”

He frowned slightly. “If you feel that way, then tell me. It’s obvious something is bothering you.”

She remained silent for a long while. At last she said, “I guess the movie upset me a little.”

“Because your dad wasn’t the ‘Spencer Tracy’ kind of dad?”

She nodded. “I guess the movie conjured up some odd feelings. I have a half-sister I’ve never met.”

“And that bothers you?”

“Not the fact that I have a sister,” she was quick to say.

“Then what’s eating at you?”

“I’m not sure.” She looked out through the large-paned glass window of the eatery to the growing darkness outside. Cars on Main Street had thinned. People hurried home to family dinners and warm hearths. The thought made her feel sad and a little lonely.

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