Everyone tells him he
needs to move on, but how can a man function without his heart?
Ten-year-old Caleb
Tanner wants nothing to do with Sylvie Cranston, the annoying weird girl who
moves next door to him and gets him in trouble for swearing. But at twelve,
they become friends when he teaches her how to hook a fishing line and she
shows him the value of a selfless act. At fourteen, he falls in love with her.
At sixteen, she dies.
Or so he’s told. But
Cal never believes it. Sylvie has become part of his soul. He knows her like
the steady beating of his own heart. He’d know if she was dead. Cal looks for
her, prays for her and finally he just waits for her.
Nine years later, she
walks into the community college English class Cal is teaching. Only this girl
claims her name is Sophie Becker and she doesn’t know him. Cal knows better.
He’s determined to get the girl he loves back—and protect her from the danger
that took her away all those years ago.
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She
put her hand on my arm. Her voice wavered, shifting into a soft whisper. “I
can’t sleep at night and it helps me. Sometimes I get so scared that it
actually hurts. I feel it in my bones, like they might crack open any minute,
breaking my insides apart.”
I
shifted my pole and reached for her hand. I hadn’t quite comprehended the value
of hugging. “Maybe you should pray on it. Pastor Morrison says that prayer can
solve a lot of problems.”
“You
really think that will work?” she asked dubiously.
I
shrugged. “I wouldn’t know for sure. I don’t pray right myself.”
She
frowned, wrinkling her nose. “How can you pray wrong?”
“Momma
says I do it wrong all the time.”
“I
don’t get it.”
I
sighed, staring up at the blue sky. “She always asks me what I prayed for. The
first time she asked, I told her it was for a new bike and football cleats. She
got real mad and said ‘Son, you are praying to God, not Santa Claus’.” I used
my best Amelia Tanner impression, and the edges of Sylvie’s mouth curved
upward.
“That
sounds like your momma.”
“Yeah,
but I guess I didn’t learn my lesson because I asked her what I should pray for
then. She said I should pray to be a better person.”
“That’s
a good idea.”
“That’s what I thought
too. I started praying that I could throw the football longer and run faster so
I could make the team in high school.”
Sylvie cupped her hand
to her mouth to cover her laugh. I didn’t care. I wanted to make her laugh,
even if it was at my expense. “What did she say?”
“She
got pretty mad and said that’s not what she meant. She told me I was being
selfish and since I couldn’t pray for myself correctly, I should pray for
someone else.”
“Who
did you pray for?”
I
stared down at the lake. “I prayed for Mandy.”
“That’s
so sweet.”
“Yeah,
I asked God to make her less annoying.”
Sylvie
cracked up so much I was sure she’d run all the fish away, but I didn’t care.
It was one of the best feelings in the world to make this girl laugh. “You
didn’t.”
“I
did, but at least now I know what I need to pray on.”
“What’s
that, Cal?”
I squeezed her hand,
noticing how hypnotic her eyes were. “I’ll pray that you’re not scared anymore,
Sylvie.”
BOOK TRAILER:
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MK
Schiller is a hopeless romantic in a hopelessly pragmatic world. Writing is her
passion, but with a full time life and two busy teenagers, it proves difficult.
But in the quiet dark of night, she sits by the warm glow of a computer
monitor, and attempt to conjure up passionate heartwarming stories with plenty
of humor.
She
started imagining stories in her head at a very young age. In fact, friends
started making requests for stories where they were featured as the heroine and
the object of their affection was the hero. You've heard of fan fiction... this
was friend fiction.
Even
with that, it took many years to realize her dream. She hopes you enjoy my
stories and always find The Happily Ever After in every endeavor.
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