Second Chance Dad (Aspen Creek Crossroads Book 2) by Roxanne Rustand

Author:Roxanne Rustand [Rustand, Roxanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Mother, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty, Aspen Creek Crossroads Series, Physical Therapist, Family & Domestic Life-Young Child-Son
Publisher: Love Inspired; Original Edition
Published: 2011-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

When Sophie walked into the Pine County Home Health Office on Monday morning, she expected trouble. And sure enough, she found a note from Grace Dearborn on the clipboard holding her printed schedule for the week.

With such a small staff, there were informal meetings on Friday mornings to discuss clients and concerns.

But this note requested an individual meeting, which meant Grace had probably received Josh’s phone message and wasn’t very happy.

Worrying at her lower lip, she gathered the equipment, supplies and charts that she would need for the day and stowed them in her duffel bag. Then she headed for Grace’s corner office at the back.

As usual, the older woman appeared to be nearly buried in an avalanche of paperwork and file folders on her desk. She raised her eyebrows when Sophie knocked lightly on her open door. “Come in, have a seat. Pardon the mess—I’m in the middle of writing grants to try to bring in more money for our programs.”

All but one chair was piled with folders, so Sophie took the empty chair closest to her desk.

Grace wearily closed the folder in front of her. “So, how is everything going?”

Since Grace regularly reviewed the client charts, which were kept here in the office when not checked out to someone making a home visit, and was always attentive at the Friday meetings, she probably had a very good idea. But Sophie quickly summarized the status of her current caseload anyway.

“I’ve been really pleased with your progress with Josh McLaren,” Grace said. “Six visits out at his place—which is five more than our last therapist managed.”

“He wasn’t very cooperative at first, as you know. But he’s doing well.”

“And yet he left a message for me, saying he was ending his therapy. Why?”

“He still has issues about his accident and the family he lost. He did tell me that he’d called you. But, he had second thoughts after I talked to him over the weekend.”

“He told you about the accident.”

“Not in great detail. Just that he feels guilty about not avoiding a drunk driver, and believes he should have been able to save his pregnant wife.”

Grace nodded. “They were on vacation, celebrating her graduation from seminary earlier that month. Their car ended up in a ravine not far from here and burst into flames on impact. Josh was thrown from the car, but she was trapped inside.”

Sophie suddenly felt faint, imagining the horror. “He said…‘God didn’t bother to step in to help.’”

“I imagine he’s been wrestling with a lot of issues since then. The other driver was unhurt, though two people in his car died. Apparently he was still screaming at Josh when the highway patrol and ambulance arrived, throwing drunken accusations about how it had been Josh’s fault. But the skid marks and damage on the cars proved otherwise.”

“That sounds like a nightmare.”

“Since he gave you some of the information, I thought you might want to know the rest. He’s a troubled man, Sophie. He left his job at

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