Love So Divine: A Contemporary Christian Romance (Wondrous Love Series, Book 2) by JoAnn Durgin

Author:JoAnn Durgin [Durgin, JoAnn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

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God, I’m so glad you’re the One in control. He was the one who directed her path now. Heather steadfastly refused to be sucked into the web of sadness and defeat because of her family’s demise nearly nine years ago. This night would be a turning point, a time to put the past aside and focus on the future. Lots of families break up due to death, divorce, or some other reason.

Time to grow up and move forward. Starting now.

Concluding her remarks, Ellyn turned to glance at Heather with a quirked brow. She smiled when Heather gave her a slight nod and stepped into the spotlight.

You can do this. Speaking in public was vastly different from dancing. Dancing came naturally but speaking in front of a crowd most definitely did not. A newfound respect for Chase welled up inside Heather. How could he seem so calm and controlled? She only prayed she could string together a few coherent sentences. Get through this and return to her seat with a semblance of dignity and grace.

One quality she’d inherited from Jeremy Montague was the ability to think on her feet, even in the most trying of circumstances, including the time her male dancing partner collapsed in a drunken heap at her feet—on the stage. That was in her first year as a principal, near the end of her second full ballet performance. Scared to death and acting on instinct, she’d danced her heart out and assumed an air of confidence as if the man passed out at her feet was rehearsed and part of the performance. Then she’d stopped dancing and spouted a ridiculous, completely off-the-cuff, impromptu monologue about his untimely death, pouring all her emotion into it. By some miracle, it worked. The patrons went nuts and she’d become a media darling.

That performance was written up in the newspapers and even a national ballet trade magazine with such glowing adjectives as innovative and groundbreaking. Once the other season ticket patrons caught wind of it, they wanted to see the same variation of the ballet. The press hailed it as a “daring interpretation of a world-famous, classic ballet,” and the demand for tickets increased dramatically. The director told Heather the ballet’s revenue tripled for the month. All courtesy of the male principal’s unfortunate fall from grace.

“Ladies and gentlemen, Jeremy’s eldest daughter, Heather, would like to say a few words.” Ellyn stepped aside as the guests politely clapped.

“Thank you, Mom.” Heather was grateful she couldn’t distinguish many individuals among the sea of more than five hundred faces. The one person she did zero in on was her grandmother. Sure, she could sing Jeremy Montague’s praises—within reason—for Grandma M.

For the next few minutes, she shared fun anecdotes from her childhood. It was gratifying to be reminded of a simpler, happier time when their family was whole. Anna’s warm smile encouraged her from where she was seated at the head table beside her father. His 35-year-old wife, Kate, and the children sat to the right of Jeremy.

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