Chapter 185

Mom grins, I can tell it warms her heart to hear me willingly go to church. I've been needing a lot of persuasion since I came into contact with them again. “You're coming to church? And I don't have to ask Kathy and Livia and Gracie to drag you there?”

“Yeah, God and I are on some good terms now. He gave me something I wanted, and it bought my devotion once again.”

“May I know what that was?”

“Umm, no but I'll tell you this much. It makes up for every loss, for all the pain I've encountered.”

Mom nods, “Glad to see you're a believer again.”

“I always was, but struggled to understand why some things happened and I still don't but I have learned to trust him like before.”

My phone begins to buzz in my pocket, my hands are full so I look to mom for some help. She moves fast, helping me set all the three boxed back on the counter. By the time my hands are empty, the ringing has died out, and when I fetch the phone from my pocket, it instantly rings again, "