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Chapter Four: Donuts and Bibles

Roxie Kinkirk ran over to see her brother, Nicky's new Lego set. She sat down next to him and picked up a piece that had gotten away from the pile. She put it back on top without saying a word and pushed her blond hair out of her face with her hand.

"Hey, Roxie. Thank you for picking up the Lego for me. Do you want to help me build the castle?" Nicky said.

"No. I want to play dolls, but Sevannah is out with Jordan and Sophia is sick."

"No she isn't."

"Uh huh. She has a headache."

"She isn't sick, though."

"I asked her to play with me but she said she didn't feel like it."

"That doesn't mean she is sick, but I have an idea. How about playing with the Legos until Sophia feels better or Sevannah gets home."

"Mommy says she is going to stay with Grandpa and Grandma tonight."

"Do you want to play or not?"

"No, I'm going to ask Mommy if I can go play with Emma."

"Ok, bye!"

Roxie ran down the hall to see her mother. Lucy was sitting in her rocking chair in her and Kevin's bedroom. She had her Bible open. Roxie climbed up next to her. Lucy smiled at her youngest daughter.

"Mommy, can you tell me a Bible story?" Roxie asked sweetly.

"Sure. Which one do you want to hear, Roxie?"

"The one about the animals."

"Noah's ark?"

"Yeah," Roxie replied.

"Ok. A long time ago, there was a man named Noah. He was the only one on Earth who loved God."

"Why?"

"I don't know, sweetie."

"Oh."

"So God decided to flood the Earth. He told Noah to build a big boat. That was called an ark. Noah obeyed God and built the boat. When it was done, God told Noah to bring his family and two of each kind of animal on the ark with him. So Noah did."

"Did he bring doggies and kitties?"

"Yep. And he brought birds and giraffes and tigers and lions and monkeys and all of the other animals that you like."

"Wow, that's a lot of animals, Mommy."

"I know. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights."

"That's a long time."

"It is. Anyway, the ark floated the whole time and for many days after that. Noah sent out a dove to see if it was dry enough to go back onto the empty land, because there were no other people or animals to come tell him. One day, the dove never came back and Noah knew that the land was dry. So everyone left the boat and Noah built an altar to God. God came to him and made him a promise. There would never be another flood like that again. We see that promise every time it rains. Do you know what that is?"

"What is it?"

"A rainbow. Remember the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet pictures you made at Sunday School?"

Roxie nodded. She had her thumb in her mouth. She laid her head on Lucy's shoulder.

"That's a rainbow, Roxie."

"Oh. They're really pretty, Mommy. Just like you."

Lucy smiled at Roxie. "Thank you. Do you want to come help Mommy bake chocolate chip cookies?"

Roxie grinned as she forgot all about Emma. "Yes!"

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Kevin sat at the Promenade in his patrol car, eating a donut. He knew the whole "sitting around eating donuts all day" thing, but that's not why he was eating it. His partner, Tom, had left the box sitting there in the seat earlier. He was listening to the radio.

Just then, he got a call from dispatch. "Kevin, you've been off shift for two hours. Don't you think Lucy's worried about you by now?"

Kevin spit out his donut in surprise as he looked at the clock and realized that Tom was right. He hurried back to the station and checked his messages.

"Kev, it's me' Lucy. Where are you? Hurry home, dinner's ready. I love you."

"Kevin? Where are you? You better not be sleeping again!"

"KEVIN! You better come home, NOW!"

Uh-oh. Kevin hurried home as he tried to think of a good excuse for "I was sitting at the Promenade eating donuts". He couldn't come up with one. He stopped and bought her roses, hoping she wasn't mad...

There you go! Hope you liked it!