Red Rose Bouquet: A Contemporary Christian Novel (Grace Revealed Book 2) by Jennifer Rodewald

Author:Jennifer Rodewald [Rodewald, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rooted Publishing
Published: 2016-09-01T23:00:00+00:00

~20~

Brock leaned his elbows against his desk, letting his forehead rest in his hands. So tired. Blame it on no sleep. And a whirlwind of anxiety. Cheryl—

Brandi cut off the thoughts before they could form as she swept into the office.

“They ran another investigation on Sonja’s living situation.”

“And…” Brock knew the answer before he even asked. If it was all good, Brandi would have led with that.

“She’s been moved to an emergency location until new long-term arrangements can be made.”

“Why?”

Brandi’s mouth twisted to one side. “You know better than to ask, Brock.”

He did, but that didn’t remove the desire to know. Hundreds of good people offered their love and protection within their homes for foster children. Why did So-J have to be the one to find her way into the rare situation of system abuse?

Man, that kid had really snagged his heart. He could still picture her rich brown eyes, slightly slanted and oh so mischievous, when they weren’t completely hard and cold. A sense of possession and protectiveness locked in his chest—not really unusual, but unusually strong this time.

“How long until they find a new home for her?”

Brandi sighed, dropping into the chair across from his. “I don’t know for sure…there are some complications. Her track record…”

Another detail Brandi really wasn’t supposed to make known.

“Let’s just say she’s more of a challenge than most.”

That could be saying a lot. Brock’s hand drifted over his hair and anchored on the back of his neck. Why’d he feel so responsible? So tangled up with this girl he’d known for all of one week?

The image of So-J suddenly collided with his mental picture of Cheryl, curled up at the head of her bed, sobbing. Two traumatized souls he felt bound to.

God, what are you doing to me?

Nothing about his life in that moment reflected his plans from years past. Not one single image. He’d been on track to set some amazing records—had actually landed a few of them—in the sport of snowboard cross racing. He was a man who loved thrills and speed, and if he was being honest, all of the attention that came with being good at both.

Now? Now his heart was so tangled up he couldn’t sleep. Cheryl’s bondage. A gut-deep concern for a ten-year-old girl named So-J who was bound to compel him into action. He didn’t have a map for these things. No plotting web to untangle this story line God seemed to be thrusting upon him.

But it was his story line. Their stories—Cheryl’s and So-J’s—were now a part of his, intertwined, with all the frayed edges and convoluted knots he was certain to not understand. God’s will launched him into the middle of it all.

It terrified him with a level of fear equal in proportion to the conviction that moved him forward. While maybe physically a strong man, made solid by days spent weight training, running, and taking ride after ride after ride on the slopes… Emotionally? Spiritually?

He wasn’t Superman in those departments. Realistically, he was barely average.

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