A Whisper of Danger (41 page)
“I guess we can find something else to hang in the living room,” Jess said. She now knew she would agree to sell most of the collection. Omar Hafidh could be sure his mother would live in comfort. “Good night, Solomon. Miriamu.”
“Good night,
memsahib
.
Mungu akubariki
.”
God bless you, Jess thought as she stepped out into the dusty street. She could see Splint and Rick conferring under a palm tree. Moonlight silvered their hair and outlined their twin profiles. Father and son.
Thank you, Lord!
“So, Mom,” Splint said as Jess approached. “What happened to Omar?”
“Omar went back to Zanzibar town.”
“Then it’s just us?”
“Just us.”
“Forever?” Splint asked.
Rick met Jess’s eyes. “How do you like that idea, Jessie?” he asked. “Us. Together. Forever?”
“I do,” she whispered. “Forever.”
“I love you.” Rick pulled her into his arms, and she melted thankfully into her husband’s warmth.
“I love you,” she murmured against his lips. “I love you, Rick.”
“Jessie, oh, Jessie.”
“Oh, barfola!” Wedging himself between his parents, Splint wrapped an arm around each of them. “Come on, you two. Enough’s enough.”
“Never enough,” Rick said, looking into his wife’s eyes. “May I walk my family home to Uchungu House?”
“I’ve been thinking Uchungu House needs a new name,” she said. “I want to call our home
Masamaha.
House of Forgiveness.”
Catherine Palmer lives in Missouri with her husband, Tim, and sons, Geoffrey and Andrei. She is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and holds a master’s degree in English from Baylor University. Her first book was published in 1988. Since then she has published over forty novels and won numerous awards for her writing, including the Christy Award—the highest honor in Christian fiction—in 2001 for
A Touch of Betrayal
. In 2004, she was given the Career Achievement Award for Inspirational Romance by
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