Trusting in His Plan

Melissa Masters

Description

Andi has a plan—a plan that doesn't include dating. She has to work hard to get through college, and she doesn’t need anyone to help her. When Jude's teasing kisses take away Andi's ability to remember that plan, things change way too fast—and she finds out she is pregnant.
As a doctor, Jude is used to making life and death choices in a split second. He’s never struggled with making personal life choices either. He knows he loves Andi. Now all he has to do is convince her that they are a match made in Heaven.
But did Heaven have anything to do with it? Could God use their relationship in a special
way?
A verse that Andi's Granny had lovingly given her as a child, keeps reminding her that God has a
plan for her. When indisputable evidence shows that Jude has cheated on her, Andi's new faith is
shaken. Will she learn to trust God, whatever the outcome?
Jude does everything in his power to prove his faithfulness and love to Ava, but will he give up when the evidence is stacked against him?
Pictures don’t lie, but could they tell a different story?

Sujets

• Heartfelt
• Redeeming Love
• Contemporary history
• Rédemption
• Faith
• Contemporary
• Hope
• Christian

Informations

• Publié par: Beyond Romance
• Date de parution: 14 janvier 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781645639978
• Langue: English

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Trusting in His Plan


Melissa Masters
Published by Beyond Romance
1201 Orange Street, Suite 600
Wilmington, DE 19801

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Melissa Masters
Trusting in His Plan

978-1-64563-997-8
Contents



Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Epilogue


Trusting in His Plan Questions

About the Author
Chapter 1

I t didn’t matter that the sky was dreary gray and overcast, or that the wind was trying to blow crunchy golden leaves off the edge of the world. It was the day before Thanksgiving, and Andi’s heart brimmed with thankfulness this year. Dinner would be at their house, and everyone in Jude’s family was coming. Excitement pulsed through Andi’s veins, making it impossible for her to concentrate. It was their first Thanksgiving together, and everything had to be perfect .
As she pulled the mail out of their mailbox, she inhaled deeply. Andi loved the scents of fall, the aromas emanating from the damp ground and the apple and pumpkin pies cooling on her counter . God had been so good to her. The chorus of a children’s song came to her: God is so good; he’s so good to me. He had been especially good to her lately.
The wind pulled Andi’s thoughts back as it tried to snatch the mail from her hand, and she hugged the envelopes closer. Realizing a letter had fallen to the ground, she stopped to pick it up. She didn’t recognize the bubbly script, but the name on the front caught her attention.
Damian (Jude Rosebrugh) or Jude’s wife
When she tore into the thick white envelope, a small stack of photos fluttered out. Andi shifted her weight and dropped to her knees on the cold concrete to pick them up before the wind could carry them away. In a life-changing second, an Avalanche of emotions flooded her senses.
No, no, no, Lord, help me. I can’t do this. Fire spread through her chest, reminding her to take a much-needed breath. She thought she had a handle on losing people she loved, but nothing compared to this feeling of betrayal.
Six photos portrayed Jude in a variety of scenes, and in all of them, he had the same woman with him. The photos weren’t good quality, and two of them looked like they may have been shot with a cell phone camera, but the truth was there. There would be no way for him to deny it; Jude had been with another woman. The images started to look distorted through the blur of tears filling her eyes. It took her an agonizing minute to collect the pictures and climb up off the ground. She had often thought he was too good to be true. And he hadn’t been true.
Why did he pretend to love her so much? He had even made love to her that morning. He made her feel like she was everything in the world to him. Her thoughts shifted to the weight she’d put on. Jude told her it didn’t matter, that she was even more beautiful than ever, but she should have known he was lying.
The day before, after her shower, she had stood on a stool so she could see all of her belly in the mirror and had found stretch marks on the underside of her tummy. She had asked Jude if she had any marks anywhere she couldn’t see, but he had just laughed at her. She probably disgusted him. With only four and a half weeks left in her pregnancy, she knew she looked like a small elephant. She felt the tip of an elbow travel across her abdomen before slipping into place with an abrupt thump. Her hand came down to her stomach, rubbing the trail the elbow had made. Obviously her little linebacker had been woken by her crying. He kicked her hand to make his protest known.
What in the world am I going to do? Lord, if I’ve ever needed you, it’s now. I don’t know what to do or what to think.
She wasn’t conscious of coming into the house, but when she leaned against the counter and set the stack of pictures down, she remembered the letter that had been with them. Without the energy to stand any longer, she sunk to the floor right where she stood. Leaning against the kitchen cupboard, she unfolded the lined notebook paper and wiped her eyes.
Dear Jude (aka Damian)
You probably never thought I would be able to track you down, right? Well, I’m surprised by that too. You see, I believed every lie you ever told me—that you loved me so much you wanted to wait to get married until you had some money saved up. That you had to work long and hard hours to try to get ahead so we could get our own place. That you weren’t good enough for me. You see, I believed you when you told me you were at work when I couldn’t get a hold of you. Or that you didn’t want to take me back to your place because your mom was crazy. Now I know the truth.
And that’s just fine and I would let you be if it were just me. But it’s not. You left me with a piece of you and even though you told me to get rid of it, I’m not. And you will help support your child.
To Jude’s Wife:
I’m so sorry for this; I debated long and hard before sending it out. Please believe me when I tell you I never knew he was married. I gave Damian, I mean Jude, a chance to make this right, before I ever knew about you and he told me he would set things up if I got rid of the baby. Then when I refused, he stopped coming around and stopped taking my calls… he disappeared. I could never get rid of my baby.
I hate the idea that this will undoubtedly cause you heartache, but if I were in your place, I think I would want to know the truth which is why I finally contacted you.
Ava dropped the letter to the floor, unable to see the page from the tears anyway. She reached up to wipe her eyes and realized she wasn’t really even crying anymore. She picked the letter back up and ran her fingers over the pages, recognizing the dry tear stains, and her heart went out to the young girl who had written the painful words. What if Jude had told Andi to get an abortion or had just plain abandoned her? Andi lay down on the cold hard floor feeling her own warm tears flowing again, trailing rivers down the sides of her head and pooling in her hair.
Remembering… It hadn’t been that long ago. The memories came rushing back.
Chapter 2

“T hat’s me, right?” Andi asked, looking out at a particular table in the dining room.
“Yes, you snot, they always tip really well,” Sara said. Then more softly she added, “They’re easy to look at, too.” She turned to the cook. “These eggs are supposed to be over medium,” Sara said, handing him a plate.
Andi headed to the big table with eight menus under her arm, a coffee pot in her right hand, and a tray loaded with glasses of water in her left. She made a note to herself to bring two pitchers of water; these guys drank like fish.
“Hey, guys, you’re missing a few this morning,” she said, setting the coffee pot down and then the menus. Passing out the water glasses, she added, “Did you have to bury them last night?”
A couple guys chuckled, but the one with his head down on his folded arms just moaned. If she remembered correctly, he was the one who had said his name was Rico. Andi laughed every time she remembered. With big tables, she liked to write their names on the top of the tickets because it helped to keep their plates right. When she got to his plate and called out, “Rico?” half of the guys started roaring with laughter. She quickly realized it wasn’t his real name. It was pretty funny, too, even if the joke was on her.
She began pouring coffee and her mind wandered to the stack of textbooks piled up in the back room. Lord, please give me time to study today. Although she needed the money and wouldn’t mind a busy day, without some time to study she knew she was not going to make it to church in the morning. There was no way, not with the public speaking assignment due Monday and the speech on Wednesday. She hated public speaking.
When she finished taking their orders, she stepped back into the waitress station and leaned against the counter. Then, with a big sigh, she started ripping the tickets from her book. Sara came up behind her. “I’m telling you, the quiet guy is staring at you again.”
“Which one?” Andi asked without taking her eyes off her book. “This one is the really crisp bacon, remember?” She handed the slips to the cook.
“How can you be like that? It’s like you don’t even think about men!” huffed Sara.
“Shh!” Andi turned quickly, but Sara had already headed back to the dining room. Andi took a moment to look back to the big table. She knew which one Sara meant. She studied him for a minute while he spoke to his friend. He had thick, dark hair, clipped really s