Love Waits by Donald James Parker

Author:Donald James Parker [Parker, Donald James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sword of the Spirit Publishing
Published: 2009-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

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When she arrived at home that night, before she even broke the news of her challenge victory to Jean, Cheri began her mission she had dubbed Mission Princess Charming. "Jean, do you happen to have a phone number for Miss Alberts of the youth group?"

"No, I don't know her well enough . . . wait, I have an all church directory. She might be listed in it. Let me run home and get it. Why don't you go attack your homework?"

"OK."

"You didn’t tell me about the challenge. You must have lost?"

"Oh, almost forgot about it. No, I won without a problem. She's convinced I'll win the next one, too. I'll tell you about it later. Most important thing is to contact Miss Alberts."

"I'm on it." Jean went back to her house while Cheri unlocked the door to her own. She was working on her homework when Jean came in the house. After waiting in vain for Jean to visit her, Cheri dropped her pen onto her notebook and walked into the kitchen.

"Did you find it?"

Jean reached up to the top of the refrigerator and pulled off a booklet. She handed it to Cheri. "There you go. I want it back when you're finished."

"Not a problem."

Cheri opened the booklet and found her target. Aha. Her first name is Ariel. Ariel Alberts. Pretty name, but maybe not easy to say three times in a row quickly. She looked at the clock. It was a little after four. Since Princess Charming is a school teacher, she might be home by now. I need to call before Dad gets home at five forty-five.

She sat down on the couch with the cordless phone and carefully dialed the number she found in the booklet. After the phone had rung four times, Cheri was just about ready to hang up. If she got an answering machine, she wasn't sure what she would say. She was braced to get a recorded voice when a sparkling soprano voice said, "Hello."

"Miss Alberts?"

"This is she."

"This is Cheri Martin from the youth group."

"Hi, Cheri. What's up?"

"I know this is kind of sudden, but I'd like to get to know you better and so would my adopted grandmother, Jean Macalester."

"I've often wished I could get to know Jean better."

"Perfect. Anyway, we'd like to have you share supper with us at my house."

"When?"

"When. I don’t care. Whenever. Tomorrow even."

"Tomorrow works for me as long as we're done eating in time for youth group."

"We'll start at five forty-five and should be done by six thirty."

"Perfect."

Cheri could hardly believe her luck. "Really?"

"Yeah. You happened to hit a lull in my social calendar. Do you have my email address?"

Cheri looked down at the church membership list. "Is the one in the church directory current?"

"That's the one. Send me an email with your address, and I'll look up the directions on Mapquest."

"I'll do it right now. Thanks so much."

"I'm the one who should be grateful. You're sharing your home and a meal with me. So thank you, in advance.

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