Halfway to forever by Karen Kingsbury

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And if she hadn't called, Jim would have taken Ty with him.Still...The pendulum of her emotions swung back the other wayEnough people had pointed a finger at Jade since her divorce thatsometimes she wondered. Was God angry at her for marrying
Tanner? Certainly there were reasons for the hard times they werefacing, but was her cancer His way of punishing her? At least in part?180The idea flew in the face of everything she knew about the!Lord.Jade had studied Scripture on the matter and realized therewere two schools of thought. The first read that anyone whodivorced, except for reasons of marital unfaithfulness, and then married another was guilty of adultery.The second group tended to look past the exception and see only the last part of the verse. Marriage afterdivorce was adultery, pure and simple.Most of the time Jade sided with the first group. The idea that God would be merciful to a person whosespouse had chosen to take up with another seemed more like God than the second viewpoint.But sometimes... Jade wondered. What other reason was there for the trial they were suffering if Godwasn't angry with her? With both of them? Her sobs returned with a vengeance.She didn't know how long she stayed there, silently begging God to forgive her, but after a while, the backdoor opened and Helen appeared. "Ty's going home with his friend. He'll be spending the night there ifthat's okay""It's fine." Jade hung her head. "Thanks."Jade couldn't take another evening inside waiting for Tanner's return, trying to stay awake long enough toexchange a few shallow sentences. Her head hurt worse than it had in weeks and she couldn't keep herfingers from trembling. Maybe death was right around the corner; maybe the Lord would come for hertonight.Her tears came harder. "Helen, I need... to get out of here." She turned so she could see the older woman,and the effort was exhausting."Well, I don't know..." Helen was at her side, concern etched between the wrinkles on her forehead."Maybe you should sleep first.""No!" The tears made it almost impossible to talk. Jade held183 K A R E N K I N G S B U R Yher breath and shook her head. Calm down, she ordered herself, but her heart raced in response. If thiswas her last night alive, there was no way she would spend it sleeping. When she could speak, she lookedat Helen. "I have someplace to go. I'll need my chair."Helen helped her into the house and, with a shaky hand, shescribbled a note for Tanner.I can't take it anymore, Tanner... I'll be out late. Don't wait up. Ilove you more than you know.Jade She studied it through a fresh layer of tears. So what if Tanner didn't know where she was? He hadn'tbeen home enough to notice how bad she'd gotten; hadn't spent time with her and Ty the way he mighthave. Jade hesitated.It was fear; it had to be.Tanner cared, of course-he loved her more than his ownlife-but whatever had come over him since her last seizure, hisabsence was more than jade could stand. Especially now, withdeath breathing down her neck. All of life had become a race forsurvival. A race in which she was losing Tanner.Whether she lived or died, she was losing him.
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laughed into their napkins.Jade was
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Tanner grinned from a nearby lounge
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If only she could get her hand free
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Jade stayed in Brandy's room for ha
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call?" She grabbed Ty's hand and th
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a mother again, sharing the joys of
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hand. She glanced at Matt and jenny
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someone else instead, someone she n
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from showing on his face. She looke
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cliff he'd never come anywhere near
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He brought her fingers to his cheek
Page 28 and 29: bring all of them, even Jenny, runn
Page 30 and 31: This time Grace bobbed her head up
Page 32 and 33: her anxious thoughts faded, she clo
Page 34 and 35: "Any word from her birth mother?"Ma
Page 36 and 37: felt good now, there were dark time
Page 38 and 39: Grace's smile lit up the dark room.
Page 40 and 41: Regardless of Matt's feelings."I'll
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Page 44 and 45: knew to be sure Leslie would stay i
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Page 48 and 49: the child she was carrying was a gi
Page 50 and 51: she took the girl's fingers in her
Page 52 and 53: own...Tanner forced himself to conc
Page 54 and 55: Tanner's heart pounded within him.
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Page 58 and 59: "It made Brian stop." Hannah wasn't
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Page 62 and 63: He was too terrified to voice his c
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Page 68 and 69: Hannah's eyes filled, blurring the
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Page 72 and 73: It wasn't until they were back in t
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Page 76 and 77: "Mom, are you listening?"At the fru
Page 80 and 81: There were a dozen things jade was
Page 82 and 83: She raised one shoulder, and her ey
Page 84 and 85: "Yes." Jade nodded before Helen cou
Page 86 and 87: Now if God said it, I believe it. I
Page 88 and 89: on its way and was long gone.There
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Page 94 and 95: Hannah pictured the basketball game
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Page 100 and 101: find my interview notes, case prece
Page 102 and 103: "That was before I left work.""True
Page 104 and 105: She pointed to her belly "Time to f
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Page 108 and 109: Jesus?"'232Tanner lifted his head a
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Page 112 and 113: 244 The doctor nodded. "Traced her
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Page 124 and 125: Hannah was bursting with the chance
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They were quiet for a moment. "I kn
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Tanner knew were just beneath the s
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hair, couldn't picture her silky da
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head. "But this one's more importan
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counting down the days until her br
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your organization no money in refun
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appearing bored.Each night back at
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brain cancer and that even now-days
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in the country would consider it a
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end, would not involve losing, but
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that every r brought her last meat
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held her hand out and studied her s
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Jade had no idea where he was going
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hesitated. "The longer she stays in
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Tanner froze.Had it been his imagin
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"Tell her we love her... We can't w
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The rest of them stood and faced Mr
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Tanner cleared his throat and leane
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old woman one day, when I start won
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4. Are you more like jade, Tanner,
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that God is always there, carrying
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