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Shadows that Lurk in the Light: Chapter Twenty Six
Chapter Twenty Six:
Sometimes grief sneaks up on us, the grief for what happened to me, and now the grief for what might have happened to my parents. Both Deliah and I were grieving, grieving over what had all happened to us, both of our worlds had been turned upside down, not once, but twice.
It was normal to grieve, I would remind myself, but the problem arises when grief blinds us to the beauty in life, to the good things our Lord has blessed us with. That was not the life I wanted, to be so emotionally hurt that I was unable to see the beauty before me.
In recent days, we have received several more calls, calls that hint yet again at what may have happened to our parents. As far as we were concerned, we were fairly certain that we had most likely lost our parents to the same individual who shot me.
“Trace, are you all right?” Deliah asked, recognizing my concern.
“Honestly, I don’t know, Trace, I’m still trying to digest everything, trying to figure out how we could have been so wrong about what transpired. As morbid as it may sound, I cannot help but wonder where they are.”
“It’s not morbid at all, Trace, but I wonder if we are able to provide proper service for them.”
