Chapter 35: Flight into Darkness
It was freezing cold in the cabin, but Jerusha was drenched in sweat. Tears poured down her face.
I saw her little heart stop beating, and then she was gone. O God, this is too much to bear.
And then the voice spoke to her heart. “I did not say that you would have no pain in this world. I did say that I would never leave you or forsake you. Let not your heart be troubled. Jenna is with Me, but Reuben is still with you, and he needs you.”
Jerusha had watched Reuben through the big glass door at the hospital while Bobby talked to him. He had looked like a deer caught in the headlights. His face was white, his hands shook, and he could only answer Bobby’s questions with monosyllables.
“It was not Reuben’s fault that Jenna became sick. I did not create thi
