Jamie's Miracle
Chapter 12
Broe 83
Landon smiled down at her. She had cried herself to sleep on her father's
couch. She looked like an angel sleeping and he felt joy being with her. He
also felt her pain and her sadness, especially knowing that it was his
fault that Reverend Sullivan was so angry. So he decided to make things
right or try to anyway. He covered Jamie up, kissed her on the forehead,
and stood. He intended to search for Jamie's father if it took him all
night.
But it didn't.
The Reverend was sitting on the Sullivan's front porch, covered with a blanket, staring at the night sky. Landon took a deep breath and sat across from his father-in-law.
"Sir," Landon began, "I'm so sorry, but you gotta understand Jamie and I-"
"Never could protect her," the Reverend murmured clearly lost in his own world. Landon wasn't even sure if Hegbert knew he was there. Then he continued, "When she was 'bout six, she wanted to jump off the roof and fly. Everyday she would climb up there and everyday I'd make her come down, but she never gave up. Can't stop my Jamie no siree."
'That's true.' Thought Landon smiling to himself.
"And then there's you." continued Hegbert
'Ah ha so he does know I'm here.'
". I warned her and warned her about you. But she wouldn't listen. Since you were kids she saw something in you, something no one else saw, not even you. There's no stopping my little girl when she wants something and for a long time now Mr. Carter she has wanted you," he sighed, "so I accepted that and I came to see that you're not so bad after all." He chuckled to himself.
"And the baby?" I questioned.
He sighed again, "Do you know what kind of a toll having this baby will take on her?"
Suddenly it hit me. I had been so wrapped up in my excitement over becoming a dad it hadn't occurred to me that the baby could cause me to lose Jamie faster. I sprang to my feet; "I have to go talk to her, to make her see that the risks are too great. She can't-" Reverend Sullivan held his hand up, "It's no use Landon. It's like I told you there's no stopping her when she really wants something, and a baby why that's her number two."
I froze and sank back down to the chair.
Reverend Sullivan shook his head, "Never could protect her."
I laughed, "Women!" I said sarcastically.
He smiled, "To spite my best efforts Jamie turned out to be as stubborn as her mother," he glanced at me, "and boy am I glad she did."
"If it's a girl, we're gonna name her Elizabeth."
He nodded, "Good." He said almost more to himself than to me. Then he turned his attention back toward me, "And if it's a boy?"
"James," I answered almost automatically, "after Jamie."
"A fine choice." He said.
"Daddy.Landon?" Jamie called from inside the house.
"You wanna go first or me?" I asked him.
He looked at me it seemed in a whole new way, "You go Landon," he said, "you're the number one man in her life now."
I nodded knowing exactly what he meant. "We're coming baby," I called.
I smiled at my father-in-law understanding him in a way now that I never had before. I stood to go in the house with Jamie's father close behind me.
This is my absolute favorite chapter. What did you guys think?? And be honest.I can take it.I think.LOL!!! More exciting things to come so keep reading!! I'll put up as much as I can before school starts again, (Uggh) and I promise I'll try and keep up better even then. Bare with me you guys and thanks for all your support and encouragement it really means a lot!!~Broe 83
But it didn't.
The Reverend was sitting on the Sullivan's front porch, covered with a blanket, staring at the night sky. Landon took a deep breath and sat across from his father-in-law.
"Sir," Landon began, "I'm so sorry, but you gotta understand Jamie and I-"
"Never could protect her," the Reverend murmured clearly lost in his own world. Landon wasn't even sure if Hegbert knew he was there. Then he continued, "When she was 'bout six, she wanted to jump off the roof and fly. Everyday she would climb up there and everyday I'd make her come down, but she never gave up. Can't stop my Jamie no siree."
'That's true.' Thought Landon smiling to himself.
"And then there's you." continued Hegbert
'Ah ha so he does know I'm here.'
". I warned her and warned her about you. But she wouldn't listen. Since you were kids she saw something in you, something no one else saw, not even you. There's no stopping my little girl when she wants something and for a long time now Mr. Carter she has wanted you," he sighed, "so I accepted that and I came to see that you're not so bad after all." He chuckled to himself.
"And the baby?" I questioned.
He sighed again, "Do you know what kind of a toll having this baby will take on her?"
Suddenly it hit me. I had been so wrapped up in my excitement over becoming a dad it hadn't occurred to me that the baby could cause me to lose Jamie faster. I sprang to my feet; "I have to go talk to her, to make her see that the risks are too great. She can't-" Reverend Sullivan held his hand up, "It's no use Landon. It's like I told you there's no stopping her when she really wants something, and a baby why that's her number two."
I froze and sank back down to the chair.
Reverend Sullivan shook his head, "Never could protect her."
I laughed, "Women!" I said sarcastically.
He smiled, "To spite my best efforts Jamie turned out to be as stubborn as her mother," he glanced at me, "and boy am I glad she did."
"If it's a girl, we're gonna name her Elizabeth."
He nodded, "Good." He said almost more to himself than to me. Then he turned his attention back toward me, "And if it's a boy?"
"James," I answered almost automatically, "after Jamie."
"A fine choice." He said.
"Daddy.Landon?" Jamie called from inside the house.
"You wanna go first or me?" I asked him.
He looked at me it seemed in a whole new way, "You go Landon," he said, "you're the number one man in her life now."
I nodded knowing exactly what he meant. "We're coming baby," I called.
I smiled at my father-in-law understanding him in a way now that I never had before. I stood to go in the house with Jamie's father close behind me.
This is my absolute favorite chapter. What did you guys think?? And be honest.I can take it.I think.LOL!!! More exciting things to come so keep reading!! I'll put up as much as I can before school starts again, (Uggh) and I promise I'll try and keep up better even then. Bare with me you guys and thanks for all your support and encouragement it really means a lot!!~Broe 83