Where Promises Die by R.C. Stephens EPUB & PDF – eBook Details
- Author: R.C. Stephens
- Language: English
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Summer 2004
“Grace, come here.” Eisav waved to the auburn-haired girl with wide, jade
eyes.
He had known her all of two weeks, and in that time the young angel did
not mouth a word. Despite her timid demeanor and quiet tongue, he could tell
through her intense gazes and eyes that danced with curiosity that he
intrigued her. Holding on to her white dress, she hesitantly took a few steps
toward him. He pointed up to the sky, and she, following his instruction,
lifted her eyes.
Her head tilted to the side and her jaw slightly slackened. The
twinkle in her eyes could not be missed. Deep in the forest, where the silence
was so stark you could hear air rustling the leaves of lush trees that gave off
the scent of nature, Eisav watched the beautiful eleven-year-old girl as she
took in what he assumed was her first sunrise. Dawn broke over the
undulating hills of this beautiful town she would now call home.
The peach and pink swirls running through the horizon reminded him of
sherbet ice cream, and he wondered if she liked sherbet or maybe she was
more of a chocolate lover. As he gazed at her watching the sunrise, he
noticed she was frowning. It irked him that she seemed sad. He wanted to
know what was troubling her, only he didn’t want to push. Other than his
three older sisters, he didn’t have much experience with girls. He was, after
all, a thirteen-year-old boy living in a devoutly Christian household.
“Isn’t it beautiful? The dawn of a new day brings with it so many
possibilities. It’s beautiful, Grace, just like you. You have the face of an
angel. I’m sure your voice is just as sweet. You should really speak.” Eisav
tried to coax the young girl into talking. He definitely had a way with words
and understood enough to know it wasn’t healthy not to speak at all. Grace
was the daughter of his mother’s best friend, Lena. Lena had moved away
from their hometown in Iowa in her mid-twenties finally settling in New
York many years ago. Upon Lena’s death last month, she left the care of
Grace to his parents. Poor Grace spent days in foster care back in New York
while the paperwork was processed, and now she was living in Sade, Iowa,
population: 2,500.
Eisav didn’t know much about New York, but he had
looked it up online one night when he sneaked into his father’s home office.
He learned that New York City was a bustling city center with a population
of eight million people and couldn’t fathom a population that large or a city
that could house so many people.
It was definitely a far cry from the simple,
quiet life in Sade. Even at thirteen Eisav understood change wasn’t easy,
especially when it came in spades and especially when you were an elevenyear-old who had just lost the only parent you’d ever known. Eisav thought
of how he would feel if one of his parents died, and he immediately felt a
pain in the center of his heart. Grace must have been experiencing that exact
same pain.
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