Tianna the Terrible (Anika Scott Series) by Karen Rispin

Author:Karen Rispin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2003-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

I stared at the door, Tianna's angry words ringing in my ears. I frowned. Was I a wimp? I bit my lip and wondered where she was going. With a sigh, I went into my room to finish packing.

Later, Mom and Daddy came in to read the Bible with us. We did that every night. Most of the time Tianna had been coming, too.

"Where's Tianna, Anika?" Daddy asked.

I just shrugged without looking up. No matter what Tianna had said, I was no tattletale.

"I was looking forward to one last evening with her," Mom said. "She seems to be really interested in the things of God."

"Maybe she doesn't want to come tonight," I said. "She acted mad at supper."

Sandy had been teasing the kitten with a piece of shoestring as we talked. Now she blurted, "Please, can't we take Jake? He'll be sad without me, even if they do feed him."

Mom looked sad. "Sandy, you already know the answer to that. I'm a bit worried about Jake, too. How about if you pray for him?"

"Why pray for a kitten when Tianna is so upset?" I blurted. "People are more important."

Daddy nodded and said, "God cares for all the creatures he made, but you're right. We will certainly keep on praying for Tianna and her parents. I'm disappointed in how this visit has gone."

"It seems like we made it even worse for Tianna," I said.

"Why don't Uncle Kurt and Aunt Doreen just wise up!" Sandy said. "They're acting so awful."

"That's enough," said Daddy. He opened the Bible and started reading, "'When someone becomes a Christian, he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same anymore. A new life has begun! All these things are from God who brought us back to himself through what Christ Jesus did. And God has given us the privilege of urging everyone to come into his favor and be reconciled to him… For God took the sinless Christ and poured into him our sins. Then, in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us!'"

I was half listening and half worrying about Tianna. What Daddy was reading said that we were supposed to bring God's message of peace to people. We sure hadn't done very well with Tianna's family.

That night I couldn't go to sleep. No one had even noticed Tianna was out of the house. I wondered where she was and listened for her to get back. I could hear the low hum of the furnace. Car lights swept across the room now and then. Sandy was breathing with little snores. After a while Mom, Daddy, and Uncle Kurt went into the living room. I could hear them talking.

"Well, Doreen is working late again, and I told her to be here tonight," Uncle Kurt said. "I thought maybe you could talk some sense into her."

Mom answered, and I leaned up on one elbow to hear better. "You can't make people be what you want them to be against their will, Kurt. Even God doesn't do that.

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