The Courage To Dream and The Power Of Love. Margaret Daley
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“Dad’s coming?”
Rebecca nodded, her throat clogged with emotions she couldn’t express in front of her son. She laced her hands together to keep them from trembling.
“This is gonna be great.” Peter snatched up the box of crackers and the glass of orange juice and left the kitchen.
“Everything isn’t as great as Peter thinks?” Rose asked.
Rebecca took her son from her grandmother, needing to hold him close. Burying her face against his hair, she breathed deeply, relishing his baby scent. “No. There were other people at his place, and I could tell he wasn’t too pleased by our call.”
“Have faith in the Lord, child. Everything will work out.”
Rebecca remembered Gabriel saying those same words to her earlier that day. She wanted to believe them. “Granny, I’m trying.” She tightened her hold on Josh, drawing strength from her youngest who had been through so much in his short life.
“You haven’t told me about your first day on the job,” Rose said as she opened the refrigerator to remove some sliced chicken.
“Interesting and challenging.”
“Challenging?”
“Not the actual work so much as how to get along with my co-worker.” Rebecca started to tell her grandmother about Mabel when the doorbell rang. “I’ll get this then tell you.”
She swung the front door open and found Gabriel in cutoffs and a sweatshirt. He filled the entrance with his overwhelming presence. She greeted him with a smile, pleased to see him. Her spirits lifted.
“What brings you by?”
“I wasn’t there when you left today, and I wanted to know how the rest of your first day on the job went.” His gaze trekked down her.
“Checking for scorch marks from the Dragon Lady?”
He chuckled. “Are there any?”
“One or two. Come in.”
“I’d better stay out here. I’m in desperate need of a shower after running laps with the team.”
“How’s Peter doing? Giving you any trouble?” Rebecca came out onto the porch.
“No, he hasn’t complained since that first day. Actually he ran next to David today. For the first lap they carried on a conversation.”
“Good, because this morning I was concerned something happened at practice yesterday.”
“Why?”
“He came home and kicked his tennis shoes under the bed.”
Gabriel chuckled. “Probably because he’s done more work these past couple of days than he’s done in a month’s time.” He raked his fingers through his sweaty hair. “I have to give him credit. He’s done everything the team has done.” Leaning against the railing, he folded his arms across his chest. “Okay. How was your day?”
She sat in the swing and turned Josh in her lap so he could see Gabriel. “The job’s fine. I’ll win Mabel over. I think she was shocked that I wasn’t out the door right at four-thirty. I think I further shocked her by staying until all the files were logged and put away.”
“I bet you did. When I first came to work as the police chief, I had to win Mabel over, too. Just because I was the boss meant nothing to the woman.”
“Since you’re still the police chief, there’s hope for me.”
“There’s always hope, Rebecca. I think that’s one of the messages the Lord was giving us when He sent us His only son.”
Fear nibbled at her. Dare she have hope? Rebecca thought about Peter’s birthday. She prayed that Gabriel was right.
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