Chapter 31The ride back to Romedo hurt, but Kelsey wasn’t about to complain as she clung to Garrett’s waist and tried not to wince at each bump in the road. The only ill effects from the fall were some aches and scrapes. The bloodstain on her pants was worrying, but she knew, with growing confidence, that the baby was all right. She could feel her mother’s presence with her now, stronger than it had ever been. And she knew that this was the way things were meant to be. Jess had passed from this world, but her legacy lived on in Kelsey, and would live on too in Kelsey’s child. God wouldn’t take this baby away from her. Not when she had already lost so much. She could feel her mother all around her, protecting her and the baby — and Garrett — from harm.
They found a small motel on the outsk
