Chapter 2
Reverend Sullivan stood beside Jamie's hospital bed. She had fallen asleep. He peered down at his beautiful daughter. She looked so small and innocent as she lay there. She was so small and innocent. Why did she have the disease?
"Lord, why? Why are you doing this to me again?" Reverend Sullivan looked through the hospital window to the sky. He loved her so much. He could not lose another one of his girls. He had loved his wife so much. He never thought he could love anyone
as much as his wife, but then Jamie came into his life. The first time he looked into her eyes, he fell madly in love for the second time. She was an angel.
Tears began to fall down his pale cheeks. He tried to control them but it was no use. They continued to stream down his face. He quit trying and allowed them to fall. When his wife had passed, his heart had broken. He thought he could never love again. He couldn't even love Jamie for awhile. There was too much pain. However, the love for Jamie returned. It was impossible to not love her, but the pain never left. There was always an empty feeling in his chest. Something was missing without her.
But Jamie had made his life rich. His whole life revolved around her. He loved his daughter more than words could express. She had taken the place of her mom and filled it well. Jamie was the only woman in Reverend Sullivan's life.
Reverend Sullivan got down on his knees and leaned over Jamie's bed. Tears continued to pour down his face. He looked at his daughter. As she lay under the sheets, she looked like an angel.
"Dad?" Jamie had opened her eyes and seen her father beside her bed. "Baby, I...um...the doctor told me the test results..."
"I know. I have Leukemia."
"How did you know?"
Jamie closed her eyes, "I remember all of this. When I saw the bruise it all made sense. Mom was the same."
"I'm so sorry, Honey."
"Dad, its ok. I can beat this. I have Jesus with me. Everything is going to work out." Reverend Sullivan put his arms around his daughter and held her in his arms. Tears began to fall from Jamie's eyes. Reverend Sullivan cried with her. How was she so confident? She really was an angel.