Secrets by Robin Jones Gunn

Author:Robin Jones Gunn [Gunn, Robin Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60142-305-4
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 1995-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Jessica followed Kyle to the front of the van, away from everyone else. She couldn’t believe the way her heart was pounding. What was wrong? Kyle looked so concerned.

Once they were away from the crowd, Kyle stood a respectable distance from Jessica and looked at his tennis shoes. It took him a moment before he looked up, and meeting her eyes, he said, “I feel really bad about something, and I want to clear things up before this weekend gets rolling.”

Jessica felt uneasy. What was he about to say? That he wished she hadn’t come on the trip? That she didn’t belong here? That he was offended by the way she had treated him at her house several weeks ago? What?

“I have to be honest with you,” Kyle said. “I feel a little uneasy around you. It’s bothered me all day. Well, actually, it’s bothered me for several weeks now. I don’t know what upset you that day at your house…” Kyle waited for a response, but Jessica didn’t say anything.

“And I don’t exactly understand why you decided to come on this trip, when you knew I’d be here.”

“Do you think I’m playing games with you?” Jessica asked defensively, and then wished she hadn’t said anything.

Kyle placed his thumb and forefinger across his jaw, slowly rubbing his five o’clock shadow and then tapping his finger on his lips. Jessica had seen him make this gesture before. It seemed to signal that he was thinking before speaking.

“I think you’re hiding something,” Kyle said plainly. “I don’t know what it is, and I guess it’s none of my business. But, you see, I have this problem.” He paused again. “My problem is that I find myself intensely attracted to you.”

Jessica felt her throat tighten.

“But, you see, I don’t know anything about you.”

“Why are you telling me this?” Again Jessica heard herself saying the words before she thought them through.

“Because we’re going to be together, working in rather close quarters these next few days, and as the sort of leader of this group, I need to ask you a few things. I’ve asked everyone who has come on this trip these questions. I should have asked you before we left. Better late than never, I guess,” he said with half a shrug.

Jessica would not let herself become vulnerable. She would not give in, whatever it was Kyle asked her.

“I need to know where you stand spiritually,” he said.

“Spiritually?”

Kyle nodded. “This is an outreach trip. It’s not so much about helping the poor and needy as it is about telling them who Jesus is. That’s why we’ve been building this church.” He pointed to the half-finished structure in front of the van. “We started last year, but ran out of funds and materials. These people have been waiting a whole year for us to return and finish their church so they could have a place to worship. All the teens that came on this trip are believers. They’ve trusted Christ as their Savior and are eager to follow Him as the Lord of their lives.

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