Roadtrip to Redemption by Laurie Larsen

Author:Laurie Larsen [Larsen, Laurie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Religious & Inspirational Fiction, Inspirational, Christian Fiction
Amazon: B00JZ4EPXK
Publisher: Random Moon Books
Published: 2014-04-26T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Leslie awoke after a fitful sleep, and at first glance, things didn’t look that much different. She’d prayed. She’d asked God to give her guidance. She was still unsure of her direction with Hank and Jeremy.

But she needed coffee, so she dressed in shorts and a tee shirt and headed down to the back porch. When she was soaking in her hot drink and poking at a homemade muffin, her cell phone rang. She pulled it out of her pocket and glanced at the screen. It was Tim.

Really? Now?

She took a deep breath and answered.

“Hi Les, how’s it going?”

She hesitated. Even if she thought he cared how her life was going, she wouldn’t tell him. “Fine.”

“Are you still out of the state?”

“Yes, I’m still on vacation at the beach.”

“Okay,” he said, a touch of irritation invading his voice. “We’ll have to do this over the phone then. We have an offer on the house and I think it’s a pretty good one.”

A sound like buzzing bees invaded her ears, and for a moment she couldn’t hear or concentrate on anything else. Someone bid on her house. Her house, where she’d put her heart and soul for twenty years, raised her daughter, treasured so many memories. Soon, it’d be gone, out from under her. “Tim?”

“Yes, I think we need to give this offer serious consideration and we need to move on it. Our realtor wants to meet as soon as possible. There’s usually a short tail on these things.”

The buzzing was clearing, slowly, and the total absorption it caused alarmed her. She needed a moment. “Tim?” she said dumbly, and immediately regretted it at his next words in a raised voice.

“Leslie, are you listening to me? Have you heard a word I’ve said? We need to meet today, this morning if possible, and go over the details of this bid. Our realtor feels it’s a viable one.”

She recognized the annoyance in his tone. How could she not? Half the conversations they’d had in their marriage involved Tim, the man in charge, being annoyed at her for one reason or another. But with a brief thrill, she realized, things were different now. He wasn’t the man in charge anymore. At least, he wasn’t in charge of her.

She forced the unsteadiness out of her head. That was a brief moment of weakness, and that was over. This was her new life now. “Okay, slow down. This is a big decision and there’s no need to rush through it.”

“Granted, but there’s no reason to dawdle either, Leslie. We need to meet to …”

“I’m out of the state, Tim. Allow me a chance to get home, and then we’ll talk.”

He cleared his throat and she knew he was trying to control his temper. For a split second, she felt sorry for him. He wasn’t accustomed to the Leslie who didn’t just roll over and do everything he said. The Leslie who had her own opinions and asserted them, even when they were different than his.

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