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Four years ago, Nikki James, nearly 17, ran away with Brock Pierson. After nearly being killed in the fallout when he worked with the DEA to put away his drug dealer boss, Nikki got her life back on track, rededicated to her childhood faith. Working for the Arc Foundation, she returned to Tabor Heights to evaluate the Mission for possible funding, and re-establish connections with old friends. Caught between the boy who broke her heart in high school and Brock, who both wanted to win her back, Nikki realized she hadn't forgiven either of them, or herself. When Brock's former associates followed him to Tabor Heights and threatened Nikki and her family to get him to cooperate with their new schemes, Brock and Nikki became a team again. If they survived that threat, was it possible to take a chance on love again -- the right kind of love, this time?
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"Could I see her grave?" he asked, getting up slowly, like a creaky old grandfather, from the bench against the wall parallel to the stairs. It was a good guess that he had been waiting for her to come downstairs again.
Nikki was just too tired to argue. This wasn't like all the times she swallowed misgivings to make Brock happy. She wasn't scalding her conscience and building a callous that let her do stupid things. She would never throw aside what she knew was right to make someone else happy, ever again. No matter how much she thought she loved him. No matter how much she thought he loved her.
This was keeping the peace, so he would leave as quickly and quietly as possible. Still, she couldn't help resisting a little bit.
"Why? She's not really there."
"I know that. It's just... I was getting all geared up to learn how to be a daddy... and now I'll never know."
"If I had aborted her like you ordered me, there wouldn't even be a marker."
"Nikki!" He stomped away a few steps, whirled and spread his arms as if he would lunge at her. Or hug her. Nikki held her ground, stunned to realize she hoped he would hit her so she could fight back. Vincent and Joan had taught her to hold her ground and defend herself -- but never to provoke arguments, never trick someone into attacking her. What was wrong with her?
Arguing and deliberately baiting someone wasn't approved behavior for a representative of the Arc Foundation. Nikki knew Joan and the Carters would be disappointed, at the very least.
Worse, Jesus would be disappointed. She worked for the Arc Foundation to do good in the world, to heal wounds -- and here she was picking at her own wounds, and Brock's, deliberately making them worse. What was wrong with her? Was it just fatigue? Or hadn't she healed as much as she thought?
"Ms. Levigne quickly became a “must read” for me. This series just keeps getting better and better. I recommend you read it fast. It's a good book and you will be glad to have read it. Its sweet nature assures it can be read by all ages. The inspirational aspect of the book gives it an emotionally intriguing feature."
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