Ready-Made Family by Cheryl Wyatt

Author:Cheryl Wyatt [Wyatt, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2009-10-23T21:00:00+00:00

Ben’s heart went out to Amelia. Obviously that phone call didn’t go well. Silently praying for unflinching trust and at the risk she’d flee, he reached a hand across the car anyway and placed it on Amelia’s.

“Please help Amelia see Your hand in her life. And shine truth through to her cousin.” And please assuage this acute distrust Amelia has of men. At least of me. I so badly want to get through to her, even if it does nothing to benefit me.

Ben strongly sensed Amelia wasn’t meant to be in St. Louis. But because a small possibility existed that she was, he thought that because he wanted her in Refuge, he couldn’t voice it again.

“Show Your goodness and heart toward her, Amen.”

Though Amelia didn’t verbally agree with his prayer, tears dripped onto her hands, which trembled during Ben’s prayer. He knew because she left it in his grasp.

Now, please help her leave her life in Yours.

Relief hit him that she prayed at all and that she’d encouraged her cousin to do the same. That meant she had a small trust in God. Maybe her weary, ragged faith was starting to turn around and run back home.

Progress. Go, God, go!

“What’s going on?” Ben asked after a few minutes, knowing from earlier tears she’d vehemently hidden from Reece, that she’d have difficulty speaking moments after the call.

“She—she, oh, I can hardly bring myself to say it. She’s making a big mistake, Ben. I know she’s going to regret it.”

“Does this affect you and Reece staying there?”

“Nissa says it won’t, but it will. Big time. She’s eloping this week. And by the sound of background racket on the phone, she’s moved her boyfriend—and his entire band—into the apartment.”

Ben’s head swerved around. “What?”

“Yeah. And I know for a fact a guy she’s been dating got her to experiment with drugs recently, because she called me when she was out of it.”

“Think it’s the same guy?”

“Kills me to think so. I think I know what he looks like from Nissa’s MySpace page. So we’ll find out when we get there if it’s the same guy.”

Ben hoped it wasn’t. But an uneasy feeling told him it was.

He placed a hand on Amelia’s shoulder. “Hey, look. If it’s as bad as it sounds, we’ll handle it. I won’t leave you on your own, okay?”

“Okay” came from her mouth while her gently trusting eyes blinked back jaded tears that begged him to mean it.

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