Dead End by Susan Sleeman

Author:Susan Sleeman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Edge of Your Seat Books, Inc.

Reed paced Sierra’s lab. He’d opened his arms to offer comfort, and she’d bolted like a terrified animal caught in headlights. Was she so repulsed by the thought of a potential relationship with him that she couldn’t imagine his arms around her? The very thought made him sick to his stomach.

The door opened, and she entered. She met his gaze, but quickly looked away, tugging the lapels of her lab coat closed as if she needed armor in his presence. “Sorry about that. My mom…I…” She shrugged.

“No need to apologize,” he said and truly meant it. “I take it from your conversation that things are still dicey with your parents.”

She sat at the table holding the shoes. “My brother is a match for the kidney transplant, but Dad wants to hold off until he can talk to me. He wants to hear that I’ve forgiven my mom and him for withholding this from me.”

Reed planted his hands on the table and looked at her. “And you’re not ready for that.”

“Exactly, but I don’t want to delay his surgery.” She picked up a twist tie from packaging and fidgeted with it. “I just ran into Emory. She has a unique insight on this. Not too long ago, she found out that she was adopted. Her parents hadn’t told her, and she was angry and hurt for a while, but ended up reconciling with her mother. She suggested that I would eventually forgive my parents, so why not go talk to my dad now and tell him I might not be ready yet, but that I knew I would be.”

“Sounds like good advice.”

“Yeah. I’m just not sure I feel like I have the strength to do it.”

There it was again. She didn’t even think to ask for someone to go with her. To help her through this. She had such a strong need to be independent and tough. To do everything on her own. But Reed knew she didn’t need to do that. Not when she had so many people who would support her.

“You don’t have to be strong enough to handle this on your own,” he said, hoping she’d be receptive to his comments. “God will be with you and give you the strength.”

She dropped the twist tie and looked at him, her expression confused. “Sounds good, but I have to admit that’s hard for me. My parents raised me to be independent. To do things on my own.”

“So maybe that’s why you’re going through all of this now. God’s taking you to a point where you can’t do it on your own, and you need to reach out to Him. To rely on Him instead of yourself.”

She seemed to ponder as she clutched her hands together. “All I know is that I’ve never faced anything this tough before.”

Reed kept his focus on her and went around the table to take her hands. He held them tightly so she couldn’t pull away. “And maybe God is also telling you that you need to let people in.

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