A Time to Surrender by Sally John

Author:Sally John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Thirty-eight

Danny.” Claire grabbed her son’s arm. “Let her go.”

They stood in the hacienda’s courtyard, watching Skylar scurry off like a deer at the first bang of a shotgun.

Claire felt Danny’s resistant strain against her hold, but he didn’t break away. “She’ll work it out, hon.”

Skylar reached the far end and turned the corner toward her room.

At last Danny relaxed. “I thought we were making progress.” Frustration laced his tone.

Claire let go of his arm. “We can’t push these things. It was clear that church moved her in some way. But that’s between her and God. She doesn’t need lunch with us to help Him.” A memory flashed and she chuckled. “I can’t tell you how I used to loathe coming here for lunch after church with Nana and Papa. I carried around so much guilt and hurt that their talk about what went on in the service only made it worse, no matter how good their intentions.”

“I never knew that.”

“It was before you were born. Later I got fairly adept at faking it.” She smiled. “You probably can’t relate. You were born with Tigger’s bounce and St. Paul’s faith. Why would anyone not accept what Jesus taught? Why wouldn’t they want to hang out with the likes of you and Nana and wax eloquent about His life-changing truths?”

“Well.” He shrugged. “Why not?”

“Because she’s not ready just like I wasn’t ready. The Spirit has to work in her. I suspect that like with me, there’s a lot of heavy baggage in there that’s been piling up.”

“I could at least take lunch to her.”

“Danny, are you not listening? Give her a break.”

“But—”

“No buts. Besides, Jenna’s ready to leave. I’ll pack you a lunch and you can take her home. Then maybe you could take yourself home.”

“Mom.” He protested, a pinched expression on his face.

She felt a Danny collision in the making. What was going on with him? In the faith department he’d been light-years ahead of her his entire life. He knew more Scripture than she would ever even have time to read. As a toddler he’d pray about everything—Lexi’s lost paintbrush, rain, a parking spot for his mom, limping seagulls. Why would he lose sight over an obviously hurting young woman?

Unless . . .

Claire studied his profile. He gazed toward where Skylar had been, his eyes half-shut. A jaw muscle twitched. His hands on his hips expressed a sense of determination, as if he’d hound her until she was his.

Danny was falling in love with Skylar?

Okay. That would take some adjustment on her part.

Danny was her traditional, most-like-Max child. He focused on his two businesses and spent downtime with friends from his church. His church—where all the young women were traditional, focused on their careers, and spent their downtime with friends from church. Couples kept forming within that circle of friends. Danny seemed destined to hook up with one of them sooner or later, whenever he got around to realizing that sharing life with a special woman beat rooming with Hawk.

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