The Matchmaking Pact

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“Do you mean in Heaven?” Lily asked.

Josie shot her a smile, thankful she had heard what Josie had read. “Yes. I mean in Heaven.”

Lily looked pensive, and Josie wanted to scurry to her side and sweep her into her arms. Alyssa was only two when her parents died. She barely remembered them but Lily obviously had memories of her mother. And she obviously missed her.

Then she caught Silas watching her, his mouth set in a harsh line of disapproval, a disconcerting contrast to the smile she had seen only a few moments ago.

“I can talk about her there, then,” Lily said with a note of finality in her voice, her eyes fixed on Josie. “In Heaven.”

Josie felt as if Silas was watching her, waiting for some slipup on her part. She assumed anything she might say to his daughter would be the wrong thing.

All she could do was smile at the lonely, hurting girl and hope that somehow, over time, she could show Lily how God could comfort her.

Then she lowered her head. “Let’s pray,” she mumbled.

But as she prayed, her mouth seemed to form one set of words and her mind another.

When the prayer was over, she looked up to catch Silas frowning at her, a peculiar expression on his face. She was about to ask him what was wrong when the ringing of the phone broke into the moment.