She looked at each one of them and then turned to leave. Outside the door, she smiled to herself and then went to sit at her desk. She checked all the rooms outside the conference room to make sure Louis wasn’t sitting in one of them alone. When she didn’t find him she stepped outside and didn’t see him there either. She went back inside and sat at her desk. She returned to crying silently with just her thoughts and a tissue.
The church board had made its decision in less than an hour. It was not something that they just told the person like they were a winner of a prize. A service was held to announce the new leader and all the church members would be there. It would be held at four that afternoon. The elder of the board members asked Susan to call the meeting at the chapel then. They al
