Matter Of Trust by Lisa Harris

Author:Lisa Harris [Harris, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60742-936-4
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2007-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty minutes later Ty pulled his car out of the driveway behind the ambulance and followed it down the highway toward town. Rows of trees had already begun to turn from summer’s shades of green into their yearly fall array of scarlet, orange, and yellow. In a few short weeks piles of fat pumpkins would lie for sale in front of the farms, and the cranberry bogs would be flooded in order to harvest the crimson fruit. But instead of enjoying the scenic drive the landscape blurred before him.

He reached over and took Kayla’s hand, pulling it to his chest. “I’m sorry, Kayla. I know how close you are to your mother.”

Kayla stared off into the distance. “I never thought of her getting sick. Not yet anyway. She’s my mother, invincible and timeless.”

“Don’t give up yet.” He squeezed her hand, wishing he could do more than simply offer words of encouragement. “She’s strong. With your help—with our help and the Lord’s—she’ll pull through this.”

“I should have seen something was wrong.”

Ty thumped the palm of his hand against the steering wheel, understanding far too well the intense feelings of regret. “You have to let it go, Kayla. The last thing your mother needs right now is for you to beat yourself up because you missed something that wasn’t there. She’s going to have her own battle to win, and you’ll have to be there for her 100 percent.”

“I know. It’s just weird all that goes through your mind at a time like this.” She glanced at him as he crossed an intersection behind the ambulance. “Nothing’s ever going to be the same again, is it?”

“Probably not.”

Life was good at bringing unanticipated changes. Something he’d seen far too often in his own life. Sometimes it threw a curve ball—like Kayla calling off their engagement. Only God could have taken that situation and brought good out of it a year later. There had been plenty of other unexpected twists, like finding out his mentor and boss was a man with no scruples and even fewer morals.

“Kayla, I’m sorry about something else. I should have given your mother a chance. I wasn’t the one to forgive, and I haven’t been much of an example.”

“I know, more than anyone else, how difficult she can be. I just wanted things to work out between the two of you, and now …” She looked down and fiddled with her purse strap. “Ty, she doesn’t believe in God. She told me once she’d seen too much pain and heartache in her life—in this world—to justify the existence of a God. And if He did exist, she didn’t want anything to do with Him.”

The feeling was uncomfortably familiar. How many times had he told God he’d never believe because a good God wouldn’t leave a child to starve in Somalia or let things like 9/11 happen? He’d finally realized he’d been blaming God for man’s choices. Not that it made things any easier.

“I guess your mother and I have more in common than I realized.

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