During "Ghosts from the Past"
Pray for all of us
"Well, ma'am, it's my hope and prayer that one day Bartlett will choose to end the hate and start the healing that only love and forgiveness can bring."
The world went still around Pastor Jones' words. How could he say them? Bartlett had tried to kill his two little daughters! Bartlett hated him for his skin, for nothing at all! Bartlett had made his life hell! He should hate him. He should want to kill him. How could he say them?
And why did his expression say he wasn't talking about Bartlett at all?
"Better pray for all of us."
Not one of us
Luke could almost have laughed in relief, if the situation had not been so desperate. Of course! Jarod! The man had worried him from the start. All the boys worried him, they were so eager to hurt and destroy. But Luke could see darkness in Jarod, a depth of anger and pain that went beyond the others'. He was afraid of what this dark horse might do. And then he was the one who kept trying to leave.
But learning Jarod was another undercover agent—then it all became clear. He looked the General in the eyes. "Let me do it."
