A Leap of Faith For the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett

Author:Jo Bartlett [Bartlett, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books

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A copy of the free Three Ports News dropped onto the doormat of the vicarage and for once Noah was too quick for Pablo, otherwise the newspaper would have been in shreds before he’d even got to it.

The last thing Noah had expected to see was his photo staring back at him from the front page, next to a picture of Henry and a group of other volunteers from the homeless charity. Scanning the article, it was obvious that Henry had got in touch with the paper after their conversation. The journalist had picked up on Noah’s so-called fame as one of the ‘stars’ of the Fit Vic Instagram account. So any chance he had of backing down from his promise to Izzy to exploit that for all it was worth, for the sake of raising money for Gracie’s Place, had all but disappeared.

‘We could always run away again, Pabs.’ Noah almost wished he’d let the little dog shred the paper, but it would all be worth it if they could raise enough money to give Gracie the legacy she deserved. Izzy had already set up an Instagram account for him too and he was going to have to get started with it. She’d shown him her own account and he couldn’t understand why she wasn’t the one everyone wanted to follow. There were photos of her laughing with her friends, taking her grandparents on little adventures, and curled up on the sofa on the houseboat with Franny. There were also some pictures of her she had reposted with babies she had delivered, where she’d been tagged by their parents, and in every single one, who she was shone through. She wasn’t just beautiful – that was a given and she took his breath away every time he looked at her – there was such an authenticity about her too, which made her so much more than just her looks. She was why he couldn’t just cut and run again.

‘Uh oh, here we go.’ The Zoom call that came up on his mobile wasn’t scheduled, but it was from Jeremy, which probably meant he’d heard about the campaign. He seemed to have spies everywhere, so it was no surprise to Noah to hear from him, he just had no idea how it was going to go. As much as he’d joked with Izzy about getting the sack, he could hardly cash in on the Fit Vic ridiculousness if he wasn’t a vicar any more.

‘Jeremy.’ Noah couldn’t control the reflex that twisted his face into a grimace at the realisation that it wasn’t just his godfather on the call. ‘Dad.’

‘What’s all this nonsense you’re involved with, putting pictures of yourself on the internet like you’re some sort of rock star?’ His father was straight out of the gate, not even bothering with the niceties of a greeting.

‘Rodney, we talked about how to handle this.’ Jeremy rolled his eyes and, for about the thousandth time, Noah wondered how his godfather had ended up being such good friends with someone like his dad.

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