Unexpected Wedding by Rossi Carla

Author:Rossi, Carla [Rossi, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611163926
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group - White Rose Publishing
Published: 2014-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

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Gia’s eyes came open in a wide-awake stare from what she thought was a deep sleep. She glanced at the time on her phone. One-thirty AM. Had she even really been asleep?

She kicked off the quilt. Rocky didn’t keep the house that cool at night. Either that or the intense heat during the day made it hard for his A/C unit to keep up. Maybe it was the internal heat-lamp that resided in her body and fanned to flame each time her heightened emotions began to stir. It could simply be the effect Rocky had on her. All his warm hugs and kind words kept a perpetual red tint on her face. Everything he did made her feel good. She trusted him.

She turned on her side and punched her pillow into position. She needed to get out of his house.

Or she needed to marry him.

“No, no, no,” she whispered and flopped to her other side. “It wouldn’t be fair. Lord, please help me with this. It’s too hard.”

This time she flopped on her back and started an exercise she used at camp when she couldn’t quiet her mind. She lay perfectly still and focused on the Bible. First she’d recite all the books in alphabetical order. If she was still awake, she’d recite them in the order they appeared. If that didn’t work, well...

“A. Acts, Amos. No B’s. C. First and Second Chronicles, Colossians, First and Second Corinthians. D. Daniel, Deuteronomy. E. Ecclesiastes, Ephesians...”

Gia’s eyes once again came open in a wide-awake stare from what she once again thought a deep sleep. Her heart beat wildly as if trying to escape from her chest. She flipped on the bedside lamp and grabbed her phone. Two-thirty AM. In a cold sweat, she clawed at the quilt and used it to cover her body and soak up tears from her cheeks. Crying again? Why? She pulled a box of tissues to her side and wiped her nose. Fragmented scenes passed through her mind. She felt the professor’s hand on her leg as though it just happened. A second later, the side of her head felt sore. She rubbed the spot and remembered her hair being tugged. No, not tugged, yanked. She’d sensed that pain before. Now she was more awake, feeling things, experiencing things and wishing it would stop. She hugged her knees to her chest and rocked like a frightened child. Lord, please let it stop, please let it stop, please let it stop... I want to feel better. I want to feel safe.

She took her journal from the bag beside the bed and recited verses God had reminded her throughout her ordeal.

“Philippians 4:6-8. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

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