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CHAPTER TWO



Vicki's Journey




IF THEREwas one thing Vicki Byrne was sure of when she left New Hope Village Church that day, it
was what she was feeling. No way around it, she decided. She felt guilty.

She stopped at the door and looked back to see Bruce Barnes sitting wearily, hands atop his head,
fingers entwined. He was almost imperceptibly shaking his head.

"I'm going to go look for that little kid," Lionel said, excusing himself as he slipped past her and out of the
church.

"We'll be back, I'm sure," Judd Thompson was telling Bruce. Vicki was certain of that too, and she felt
bad because she understood how much Bruce Barnes cared and how urgent he felt it was that they make
their decisions for Christ now.

Vicki started toward home, though it was the last place she wanted to go. That empty trailer would only
remind her how truly alone she was. She hesitated on the sidewalk, noticing the small bicycle someone
had left out front. She assumed it was Ryan's. There was nowhere else to go, nothing else to do. She
headed on foot for the trailer park.

Judd Thompson called to her from the door of the church. "So, what are you going to do?" he said.

"Same as you," she said. "Think it over. Do the right thing. We both know what that means. I just don't
want to do it when I'm so exhausted and keyed up at the same time."

"I know what you mean," Judd said. "But I meant what are you going to do right now?"

"Just go home I guess," she said.

"You want to go somewhere with me?"

"Like where?"

"I've got to go get my father's car. I left it at O'Hare."

Vicki shrugged. "Why not? How are we get-ting there? We gonna ride double on Ryan's bike?"