Prescription For Love by Boeshaar Andrea

Author:Boeshaar, Andrea
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

Eleven

It’s still early,” Mark said, glancing at his wristwatch. “I’m sure we can find something fun to do.”

“No.” Under the moonlight, he watched as Ravyn shook her head. Several strands of her black hair fell against her face, and the humidity in the air kept them adhered to her pale cheek until she brushed them away. “I should go in.”

Mark leaned against the white stucco archway that led to the complex’s surface parking lot. He folded his arms across his chest. “Hmm, was it something I said—like I’m going to the mission field?” He couldn’t keep the facetiousness out of his voice. He felt more than a little hurt at Ravyn’s obvious rejection. Then, again, he had anticipated it.

She lifted her chin and squared her shoulders, and Mark fought off a grin. She might be petite, but her feisty spirit more than made up for her small stature.

“I’m very fond of you, Mark,” she began, “maybe more than I should be, and I don’t want either of us to get hurt.” She raised a hand before he could refute her comment. “I can’t just be your friend, either. The night you kissed me changed our relationship for me.”

Mark lost his surefootedness as he bore responsibility for his actions. She was right: He had been the one to kiss her, and if it had impaired their friendship, there wasn’t much he could do about it now.

“Our future goals are very different. Too different.”

He hated where all this was leading, but supposed he should let her have her say.

“I hope to end up working in Madison at the University of Wisconsin Hospital. Overseas missions. . .” She shook her head. “Not for me. Besides, if that’s what God wants, I can be a missionary on the job right here at home.” A rueful grin tugged at her pink lips. “Maybe I’m more like my parents than I ever imagined.”

Mark shifted his stance. “How so?”

“Mom and Dad chose the theater to try to reach people here in Dubuque. Just recently I’ve been able to see a mission field in my own backyard, too. I think of Jace, our GSW patient in the trauma room. Today’s teens need to know there’s Someone they can turn to with their anger and frustration. They need Christ. As weird as my upbringing was, I at least knew I had Jesus in my heart. Looking back, I can see how He was my source of strength and protection.”

It did his heart good to hear her talk about the Lord. “I don’t doubt there’s a mission field here at home.”

“And think of Carla, drunk and vulnerable in a public restroom,” she pressed on. “I hate to even speculate about what might have happened to her if she hadn’t stumbled into you—literally. There’s an obvious a need in her life, too.”

“You’re probably right.”

As her words sank in, Mark actually felt hopeful. What he heard Ravyn say was that she was willing to heed the Lord’s voice when it came to serving others.

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