78 LYNNE Something was very wrong. I could feel it. The vague sense of foreboding wasn’t due to the fact that he had not called again. I knew that might not be possible. No, what I was feeling came from another place, deep within my soul. You knew him before either of you came into this world. Your souls were entwined before time began. Rafaela’s words echoed through my thoughts now. Is it possible? I wondered. It would have been so easy to accept those words a year ago, when my faith had not been so severely tested. You chose him to be your messenger, I thought angrily. Will You let it end like this? You told me not to be afraid to love him—but You didn’t tell me I’d lose him so soon. Why? I had to know if he was all right. I went to the drawer and got the last of the prepaid phon

