I had just never expected reconciling with David Thomson to be a part of that plan. But there I had been, sitting at my kitchen table almost five years later with a letter and a check both from David in my hands.
If the contents of the letter had been any indication, he had sounded sincere enough for this to be a real attempt from him to reconnect with me. And goodness knew that I understood how the grace of God could change a person's life and outlook. But the question that had remained was: Was I willing to meet with him again after so many years? After all, it wasn't like my previous conversations with the man had gone well by anyone's standards.
My eyebrows had drawn together of their own accord when I had read the words "I have begun to pray for you and Olivia." The David Thomson that I had known would not have prayed under any circumstances, let alone done so for me and the daughter that he had never even met. But it had hit me then that he did apparently want to meet Olivia, to re-earn my trust.
It hadn't seemed real. The thought had crossed my mind that the body of the letter had been typed, so maybe it was fake. But it is his signature that I remember so clearly. Don't ask me how, but I had known that his signature was legitimate; it hadn't been forged. This had actually been happening, and it had been real.
I had sighed then, knowing that I would at least meet him again, as he'd asked, because it might actually turn out that having him in mine and Olivia's lives – or at least primarily Olivia's, and mine by default – could be what was best for her. Beyond that, I hadn't had any idea.
For the second time in my life, I never would have guessed that meeting with him would have the ultimate ending that it did.
Another drabble-sized chapter, this one (kind of) being another ray of sunshine. And we're now five-sixths of the way through the story, so keep your eyes peeled for the next chapter! Reviews make my day, BTW. Thanks!:)