Light in the Dark Night by Bree Cariad

Author:Bree Cariad
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, gay, lgbt, religious, contemporary, youth, mm, clean, love conquers all
Publisher: A Thia Thing

Chapter Fourteen

His hands shook as he added up the numbers from all the checks and put it on the deposit form. Jonathon had never imagined that much money all at once in his life and still had a hard time seeing it.

A knock at the door had him look up and smile. “Morning.”

Rolf stepped inside and closed the door before taking a seat on the side of the desk. “The kids are busy eating and Peril said he’d make sure nobody got carried away. How did last night go?”

When Jonathon got back just before two a.m., the youth were in bed and Rolf and Gavin were playing cards. They were tired, so they didn’t go over the night. He guessed that time had come.

“Overwhelming. The place was packed, Rolf. I have a pile of business cards that I need to send notes to, thank you notes to write. And in a few minutes….” He handed the deposit slip over. “I’ll be taking these to the bank to deposit.”

Rolf let out a low whistle. When he looked up, a huge grin was on his face. “Johnny. All those pie in the sky thoughts we had about this place. This is it.”

Letting out a slow breath, Jonathon nodded. “Siobhan is having her and Brecker’s investment counselor meet with me next week on how to grow the money. She’s got four grant apps in for us and there are several more planned for January. But I know.” He gave a sheepish grin. “All night long, I thought of the wants we had that have always been on the back burner. The Lord’s been on our side through all this. Some of our wants were taken care of by Brecker and his associates. But we can bring in more therapists.”

“And outfit some of the outbuildings,” Rolf said. “At some point, we’re going to start getting more kids. Which means more beds, more food. More everything.” Delight was on his face. “And those outbuildings will need to be ready when we need the space.”

Slowly Jonathon nodded. “And I want to increase artistic venues. Monthly visits to the museum or art exhibits. Art classes if we can figure out how to do it.”

“We’ll need to buy a bus.”

“Which means you’ll finally have a reason to carry that bus driver’s license,” Jonathon teased.

“Nutritionists,” Rolf went on, the excitement in his voice. “People who can help our kids, especially our trans kids, know what they need to be as healthy as possible.”

“Christmas,” Jonathon murmured and they stared into each other’s eyes. “We can have Christmas.” Tears pricked his eyes. Of course they would have celebrated no matter what, but with the money, they could get a tree and while he still wanted their youth to make ornaments for it, they could buy an angel for the top. “Stockings.”

“A visit from St. Nick.” Rolf winked.

Breathing in to stop the tears of gratitude, Jonathon leaned back in his chair. “The Lord’s been good to us.”

Rolf snorted. “Of course He has. Look what you’re doing, Johnny.

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