Holly in December by Clare Revell

Author:Clare Revell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611169799
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2016-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

8

Hope jerked awake as a phone rang. She lay there not knowing where she was. Then, she remembered. Angel was missing and the police were now investigating what she’d told them about work. She’d be lucky—no, blessed—if she got Angel back. She looked across the room at the picture on the wall. Her grandmother had the same picture of Jesus standing at a door and knocking.

She took a deep breath. Well, if God was trying to get her attention, He’d succeeded. She wanted Angel back. Nothing else mattered. Although, if she could have Nick as well, she wouldn’t mind. She’d grown quite fond of the young pastor. She knew enough to know she was in love with him, but also knew enough to know that once he learned her history, he wouldn’t want her.

She threw back the covers. She couldn’t stay here in the warm when Angel was who knows where. Perhaps Nick would help her search the streets again. Hope dressed quickly and crept onto the landing. A light came from a room at the end of the hallway and something drew her towards it.

Cassie stood by the cot, a baby in her arms. She turned and smiled. “Morning, Hope. I’m sorry if he woke you.”

“He didn’t.” Hope crept closer. Something was drawing her in, despite her need to leave. “He looks like you.”

“Jack thinks so, but he has Jack’s nose.”

“Angel looks like my sister,” Hope whispered.

Pastor Jack came in with a bottle. “Here you go, love.” He smiled at Hope. “I’m about to do breakfast if you’d like some. We start the day relatively early here.”

“What time is it?” she asked.

“Seven thirty. I’m about to get Lara up and dressed and out for school.”

Hope looked at her hands. It was later than she’d thought, and she’d never be able to sneak out now. “I was going to look for Angel. She’s still out there.”

“You can’t do that on an empty stomach,” Pastor Jack said. “And DI Holmes rang. He said he’d be over shortly with some news.”

She raised her gaze and nodded. “Just some tea.”

He smiled. “Come on, then. And I’m sure Nick will be here soon, as well.”

She followed him downstairs and into the kitchen. A large table almost filled the room. She perched on the edge of one of the chairs and sat quietly.

A redheaded child, almost the spitting image of her father bounded into the room. “Who awe you?” she lisped.

“Hope.”

“Why awe you hewe?”

Flummoxed, Hope just sat there.

“Hope needed somewhere to stay for a few days,” Pastor Jack said, putting a bowl of cereal on the table. “So she’s staying with us. Eat your cornflakes.”

“Is hew howth browken like the flowew ladyth?”

“No, and you ask too many questions. Eat up because Mummy is taking you this morning, and then taking Scott to the clinic.”

The child continued to eat and talk simultaneously, reminding Hope of how Angel would chatter constantly.

Cassie came in. “Lara, are you ready? Scott’s in his pram.”

“Thath coth he goeth out in his pjth.

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