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Esther walked straight from hospital discharge to Dr Webster’s clinic. She had to stop twice on the way to catch her breath. Why had she refused a wheelchair?
Dr Webster greeted her too heartily. “I was hoping we wouldn’t see you again apart from your routine check-ups.”
“But you suspected you might?”
“I was afraid we would. Your first round was a serious one.”
He’d never hidden the complexities of her original diagnosis. The Bible was filled with miracles, so why couldn’t she have been one of them? But she’d spent her last months running ahead of God and trying to force him to do her will. She wasn’t going to do it again.
God had promised he’d be with her, and she was going to believe him. No matter what.
Esther swallowed. “Please, please put me out of my misery. What are we dea
