Cold Threat by Nancy Mehl

Author:Nancy Mehl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense;Christian fiction;Thrillers (Fiction);Novels;FIC042060;FIC042120;FIC030000
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2023-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

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TWENTY-SEVEN

By the time River hung up her phone, they had an appointment to meet with Angie. After telling his mom that they might be back late for supper, Tony and River got in the car and drove toward the diner where Angie waited. Tony respected the work she did. He wondered if her experiences had made her sensitive to people who needed help. He couldn’t imagine how she’d gotten from losing her grandparents, and then later her mother, and living through that terrible fire, to where she was now. He was fairly certain her adoptive parents had a lot to do with it. His father’s revelation that he and his mom had seriously considered bringing Angie into their home had left him feeling a little disturbed. If they’d followed through and then adopted her, like the people who’d taken her in, this woman would have been his sister. It was weird.

“. . . some kind of emotional damage.”

“I’m sorry,” Tony said, looking over at River. “Can you run that by me again?”

River frowned at him. “Where are you?”

Tony sighed. “I’m a little freaked out about my parents thinking about fostering Angie.”

“I get it. This woman could have been someone you were close to.”

He nodded. “Sorry. What were you saying?”

“Just that Angie couldn’t have gotten through that awful night and the death of her mother without it affecting her.”

“I agree,” he said. “I was thinking that maybe she assists people because it helps with her own healing.”

“I think you could be right. That’s one reason I wanted to work in law enforcement. I guess I had the desire to find some kind of justice.”

Tony chuckled. “Did you have a secret desire to arrest your father?”

She laughed. “Not consciously, but it’s not a bad idea.”

“God kinda messed that up, huh?”

River was silent for a moment. Had he offended her?

“The God I was taught about would have locked him up and thrown away the key,” she said softly. She swung her gaze his way. “But then I met you, and you helped me to discover a different view of God. One that loved me completely. Even with all my faults.” She sighed deeply. “The downside being that now I know I have to forgive my dad. Not something I ever thought I’d do.”

“So, are you going to let him come and see you?”

“Probably, but I might not let him come to the house. I’m not sure how my mother would react.”

“And if she says she wants him to come?” he asked.

“You know how quickly she can change. If I could be certain she wouldn’t go ballistic, it would be fine. I mean, it’s her house, and it should be her decision. But what if she doesn’t remember saying he could come? What if she reverts back to the time when he left?” River shook her head. “I can’t risk letting her go through that again. It almost destroyed all of us, and it might send her into a tailspin.” She took a deep breath.

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