The First Phone Call From Heaven: A Novel by Mitch Albom

Author:Mitch Albom
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Mystery, Religion, Contemporary, Spirituality, Adult, Inspirational
ISBN: 9780062294371
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2013-11-12T06:00:00+00:00

Two Days Later

NEWS REPORT

Channel 9, Alpena

(Close-up of Katherine.)

KATHERINE: I didn’t kill anyone. I would never kill anyone. I spread the words given to me from heaven.

(Amy in front of protesters.)

AMY: It’s a message Katherine Yellin wants these protesters to understand. What happened with Ben Wilkes, the terminally ill former autoworker, was what he wanted.

(Footage of Ben at hospital.)

BEN: I so want to believe it’s true.

(Amy in front of protesters.)

AMY: Ben Wilkes died of a terminal cancer. Yet these angry protesters claim Katherine Yellin was in some way responsible. The burden of being a so-called chosen one has been difficult for Yellin, as she shared in an exclusive conversation with Nine Action News.

(Close-up of Katherine, crying.)

KATHERINE: I didn’t ask for this blessing. God sent my sister back for a reason.

AMY: What’s been the hardest part?

KATHERINE: That people don’t believe me.

AMY: Like the people protesting out there?

KATHERINE: Yes, exactly. They scream all day. They say horrible things. Some of their signs . . .

(She breaks down.)

AMY: It’s all right.

KATHERINE: I’m sorry.

AMY: It’s all right.

KATHERINE: You see, they’re the ones missing out. They’re the ones not hearing God’s message—that heaven is real, and that none of us should be afraid anymore.

(Footage of protesters.)

PROTESTERS: HERE NOW, NOT HEREAFTER!

(Amy in front of house.)

AMY: Katherine Yellin said she is so certain of the messages, she is willing to do something no one else has.

(Close-up of Katherine.)

KATHERINE: I will share a call with everyone out there.

AMY: With these protesters?

KATHERINE: With anyone. I am not afraid. I will ask my sister to speak to these people, to tell them the truth. When they hear her words, they’ll know.

(Amy on the street.)

AMY: The details of this shocking new development are still to come, but soon the whole town may get a chance to hear what heaven sounds like. We at Nine Action News will keep you posted—first and always.

In Coldwater, I’m Amy Penn.

In his office in Alpena, Phil watched the final frame of her report and smiled.

Brilliant, he said to himself.

This Amy Penn might make it after all.

Jules sat at the library table, leafing through a Curious George book. Liz stood over him.

“Do you like monkeys?”

“They’re OK,” Jules mumbled.

“Just OK?”

“I like tigers better.”

“Maybe I can find you a tiger book.”

Jules looked up.

“Come on,” Liz said.

He jumped from the chair and put his palm in hers. Sully watched with mixed emotions. He loved that his son had taken a woman’s hand. He still wished it were Giselle’s.

Before him, spread out, were the Gazette obituaries of each of the people who had supposedly called from heaven. Thanks to Maria, they were bursting with details—family history, job history, favorite vacation spots, pet expressions. Sully had been hesitant to ask for these at the Gazette offices (what reason could he give that didn’t seem like snooping?), but when he mentioned something to Liz, she went to a cabinet, pulled open two drawers, and said, “What do you need? We keep every issue here.”

Of course, Sully realized—local paper, local library, why wouldn’t they? He entered details now on his yellow pad.

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