Sunset [Baxter 14] by Karen Kingsbury

Author:Karen Kingsbury
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian Fiction, Christian, Family, Religious, Weddings, Family Life, General, Romance, Families, Fiction, Domestic Fiction
ISBN: 9780842387583
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2008-09-23T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

KATY FOUND HER SEAT UP in the balcony, the place where she always sat for opening night. Only this time she didn’t have to watch the door for signs of Dayne or wonder if he was coming or what he was doing out in Hollywood. He was right here beside her. She leaned into his arm. “I’m a nervous wreck.”

He smiled at her. “You have no reason. These kids could take this show to Broadway. They’re way beyond prepared.”

She relaxed some and placed her hands on her rounded stomach. The baby had been particularly active today. “Really? You think they’re ready?”

“Absolutely.”

The house lights were still up, and Katy looked back toward the lobby. There on the wall were portraits of Sarah Jo Stryker and Ben Hanover, the two CKT kids killed by a drunk driver a few years ago. With the new start-up of CKT, the newspaper had done another article on all the theater group had gone through and how they had pulled together after the deaths of Sarah Jo and Ben and then again with the near loss of their theater.

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Katy settled back in her seat.

“What’re you thinking?” Dayne gripped her hand, his warmth and strength a constant support.

“What it took… all we’ve gone through to be here tonight.” Her emotions were running high tonight, and Katy was certain they’d stay that way. “The Hanovers are here. Sarah Jo’s mother too.” She stared at the stage, at the thick velvet curtains stretched across the front. “Apparently the drunk driver wrote to both families. Mrs. Hanover told me a few minutes ago.”

Dayne’s expression reminded her that he too had been a part of that sad time.

“What did he say?”

“He’s changed. Gave his life to God and joined a Bible study in prison. He’s actually mentoring a few guys.” She squinted at the stage and envisioned sweet Sarah Jo playing Becky Thatcher in Tom Sawyer, singing in all her glory. “Every day he thinks about the kids he killed. He said he’d spend the rest of his life trying to make something good of himself. In their memory”

“Makes me wonder…” Dayne’s attention was on the stage also. “How much of that came from your visit.”

“Hmm.” Katy hadn’t thought about that. “Could be. He was pretty shaken up that day” She remembered that afternoon, the day she took a group of CKT kids to jail so they could see the young man responsible for the deaths of their friends.

Bailey, Connor, Tim, and a dozen others took turns greeting the guy and forgiving him. “I guess something like that could change a person.”

“Because without God none of you could’ve done that.” “True.”

They were silent for a minute, lost in thoughts of the past. “Did you ever imagine… ?”

“I’d be here on a night like this?” Katy peered at him. “Never.” The house lights went down, and darkness draped the theater. A hush fell over the crowd.

Katy touched her lips to Dayne’s and held his gaze. “Thank you,” she whispered.

168 He searched her eyes.

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