Joan
She was used to feeling like things were out of her control. Part of her had kind of figured that it just went along with being a kid. And once God had started showing up, she usually felt like she was endlessly bouncing around inside of some cosmic pinball machine. She was even starting to get used to that, but then Ryan Hunter arrived and everything turned upside down once again.
God said she wasn't alone, but it sure felt that way. She had an army? Please. Grace, maybe, but the others? Three science geeks and a cheating ex-boyfriend didn't exactly make her feel safe or confident. She just felt fearful and trapped. Ryan was embedding himself in her life and the lives of everyone she loved while doing his evil on the side. And her father, the one person in this world who she trusted implicitly, didn't believe her.
Kevin's accident and Judith's death had both made her feel incredibly helpless, but this was different. She felt like she had the weight of the world on her shoulders, and she didn't know what she was going to do. She could only hope that the ripples would turn out ok.