Authors: Tony Black
His Father's Son: To save the son he loves, a desparate father must confront the ghosts of his past (31 page)
The letters back from Peggy were more accomplished than Joey’s ever were. Her writing was full of a wisdom he had missed, but he would have plenty of time to catch up on it now. He knew things had changed for everyone; it was hard sometimes to keep up with it all. Peggy had said it was down to Joey himself, for sure didn’t the Bible say, “
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance; but whoever hath not from him shall be taken away even that he hath
.”
His mother was full of lines like that from the Bible, but Joey wasn’t too sure about any of them. One thing he did know was that the Lord definitely moved in mysterious ways, for wasn’t Shauna carrying again. The doctors in Australia had said it could never happen, but there it was. Joey knew now that no one could be certain of anything in this world, except perhaps that he was definitely one of the luckiest in the whole of it.
Marti was so excited to have a new member of the family on the way – wasn’t he just bursting out of himself with the idea of it. And Shauna, she had never looked more beautiful in all her days, there was a composure about her since the news came. Blooming, she was, didn’t everyone say it. The baby inside her was beautiful as well, just a beautiful thing entirely. It was a beautiful baby girl; they knew it. This one was special, sure. She was all their hopes for a new start, for their future together, and they were going to treasure all the many blessed days they had ahead.
First published 2013
by Black & White Publishing Ltd
29 Ocean Drive, Edinburgh EH6 6JL
This electronic edition published in 2013
ISBN: 978 1 84502 727 8 in EPub format
ISBN: 978 1 84502 636 3 in paperback format
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