Scream by Mike Dellosso

Author:Mike Dellosso
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2009-04-15T20:50:00+00:00

Mark pushed open the glass door of Ray's Family Restaurant and heard the familiar jingle of bells overhead. He hadn't set foot in the diner since Cheryl found out about Rachel. He'd made every effort to put this part of his life behind him and forget about it... and Rachel. But the day had left him depressed and confused and vulnerable. He needed to hear Rachel's laugh, see her smile, smell her flowery scent.

After leaving Mount Savage Community Church and the tattooed preacher, he went home and spent the better part of the day milling around the house not really doing anything but thinking. Tim's words had hit him hard, like a sledgehammer to the chest.

Everyone has an appointment with death. When will your appointment come due?

An appointment with death. And what then? Heaven or hell? He had thought about it until his brain literally ached. Oh sure, he knew all the proper Christian jargon for such pondering. Saved. Born again. New creation. But what did it all really mean? He remembered Pastor Dickson, red-faced and drenched in a hot summer sweat, screaming from the pulpit, "Give your life to Christ! Turn it over to Him, you sinners. Confess and be saved!" But how? How does one come to Christ? And why would Christ even want him? He'd done nothing with his life. Nothing profitable, anyway. Just a series of bad decisions that wound up hurting others. Here I am, Lord. Sorry my life is such a wreck.

There had to be more to it than that. There just had to be.

He stood just inside the door of the diner and looked around. Nothing had changed. He could see Phil in the kitchen, hovered over the grill, forehead glistening. Wanda was waiting on a table, chewing hard on the gum in her mouth, and at the far end, with her back turned toward him, was Rachel. He took in the familiar shape of her body and allowed a subtle smile to play across his lips.

"Mark!"

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