Remember by Karen Kingsbury

Author:Karen Kingsbury [Kingsbury, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian, Domestic fiction, Fiction, Christian fiction, General, Religious, September 11 Terrorist Attacks; 2001, Indiana, Love stories, Patients, Religious fiction, Young women, Alzheimer's disease - Patients, Alzheimer's disease
ISBN: 9780842356299
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2003-01-23T07:00:00+00:00

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talking to God. But she would keep her promise to Landon. It was the least she could do. In a matter of hours their lives had been riddled with sorrow and uncertainty. With Landon traveling to the heart of the battlefield, she could manage to say a prayer or two. Even if all it did was make Landon happy.

“Goodbye, Ash.” His eyes found hers again.

“Goodbye.”

I’ll call you.”

Don’t tell me that. Don’t make me promises-not when I have none to make in return. She hugged him once more. “Go find Jalen.”

He nodded and stepped away, heaving a duffel bag over each shoulder. Their eyes held a moment longer; then he turned and walked through the double doors.

Goodbye, Landon. God be with you.

Tears filled her eyes when she turned to leave. As she did, her breath caught in her throat. There in a small, semiprivate alcove stood her brother, Luke. He was talking in hushed tones to Reagan, and both of them looked upset. What were they doing here?

Then it hit her.

Reagan must be taking the same bus as Landon, going to be with her family in New York. Ashley had talked to Kari midway through the day, but neither of them had heard from Luke about Reagan’s father.

Ashley dried her tears, found a seat just out of sight of the alcove area, and waited. After a while she saw Reagan board the bus. Then it pulled away, and a minute later Luke rounded the corner. He was crying. The little brother who had been her closest friend when they were kids was walking aimlessly toward the exit, tears streaming down his face.

At first he didn’t see her, but when he was a few feet away, Ashley stood. The moment their eyes met, Luke froze. The walls shot up between them instantly.

Warily she looked at him, at the pain in his eyes, the devastation in his face.

Whatever the news about Reagan’s father, it 206

wasn’t good. They stared at each other for an interminable minute longer, stunned by what was happening.

For all their differences, here they were at the same bus depot, saying goodbye to people they loved in the wake of one of the most horrific days the United States had ever faced. As the realization dawned for both of them, the walls began to fall, crashing to the ground with as much force as the twin towers.

Only this collapse didn’t leave a mountain of debris. It left brother and sister, their hearts raw and wide-open, needing each other in a way that made their differences seem petty and insignificant.

Ashley took the first step, and he matched it. In an instant they were in each other’s arms, hugging, crying.

“How … how could it happen?” His words were a strained whisper, uttered from the deepest place in his soul.

Ashley hadn’t realized just how much he’d grown in the last few years. But now, even as his sobs gently shook her body, she felt small and safe in his embrace.

He said nothing else, but that was okay.

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