CHAPTER 35
Jade had never prayed more intensely in her life. Several workers had been called into Dez’s hospital room, and Jade was forced to wait outside. Nobody knew what drug the man had injected into her daughter’s IV, but it was making her heart rate drop dangerously low.
Jade turned her back to Dez’s window. The curtains were drawn, and it was too painful to try to strain her eyes in hopes of making out what was going on.
Please, Lord. You didn’t deliver her out of those woods just to let her die here. I’m not ready to lose her.
Jade’s whole body was trembling. How much suffering was one little girl supposed to endure before God decided it was enough?
She thought back over every sin, every time she’d lost her temper or yelled at her daughter. Was God punishing her for those thin
