The Road to Glory by Blayne Cooper

Author:Blayne Cooper [Cooper, Blayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781930928275
Publisher: Renaissance Alliance Publishing
Published: 2002-01-15T06:00:00+00:00

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Pete ran a shaking hand through his thick white hair. “I know, Katherine! I’m not disagreeing with you.”

“How could you do it?” Her gaze raked across the table of men and women and not a single one of them would lift their eyes to meet hers. “She’s falling in love with that girl, whether she knows it yet or not. And there is no way they can be together! You’re going to let her get her heart broken.” The middle-aged woman was nearly in tears.

“Katherine,” Pete rumbled in a low voice. “We can’t change what’s destined to happen.” He squared his shoulders, firming his resolve against the formidable woman. “You’ve been in Glory long enough to know that.”

“Peter,” she narrowed her eyes, “are you saying that me daughter is destined to have her heart torn from her chest and stomped on!”

“I’m not a fortune teller.” Pete winced. “So I don’t know.”

“If you don’t know, then why are you saying it’s destined to happen?”

“Katherine.” Pete’s voice softened. “That they’re right for each other is obvious. Any fool can see that.” Before she could respond he beat her to the punch by saying, “Yes, even a fool like me. RJ might get her heart broken.” He looked directly into her eyes, an unusual helplessness overtaking his strong features. “There’s nothing -“

“I refuse to accept that! Her life was short enough as it was. Now she’s being shortchanged in her afterlife too?” Katherine slammed her fist against the table. Her husband, Frank, who was sitting quietly at the other end of the table nodded approvingly. A man who was married to a woman like Katherine didn’t need to say much. Thank the Lord. And he could see she was on a roll. “I, for one, won’t stand here idly while that happens. Ruth Jean deserves better.”

Pete hung his head. “You’re right, Katherine.” When he looked up he pinned every member of the Glory City Counsel with a withering gaze. “RJ has given us sixty years of dedicated service.” He sat down in his chair, jumping back up when Flea hissed in outrage. “Sorry, Flea,” Pete offered contritely, as he picked up the fat cat and set her on the table in front of him. “I think maybe we need to consider breaking the rules and letting RJ leave Glory permanently.”

Katherine, along with everyone else in the room, gasped, a pang in her chest making it hard to breathe. Would they really let RJ leave? Lord above, it would take a miracle. But she nodded. Her daughter deserved her chance at happiness and she would take her petition to the very top if she had to.

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