Stolen Secrets (21 page)

Chapter 85

Some say twins know
what each other is thinking, that we can almost read each other’s minds. I guess that sometimes happens with Bryce and me. But most of the time I have no idea what’s going on in his brain. For instance, I never expected him to say what he said to Sam that night.

“Can I call you Dad?” Bryce said.

Sam looked at him. Then Bryce stood, and the two melted into a big hug.

“You bet,” Sam said. “And I’m proud to call you my son.” He glanced at me. “I’m proud of both of you.”

Pretty soon all of us, Leigh included, were standing in the middle of the room, arms around each other. Pippin and Frodo jumped at my legs, trying to get in on the act. I don’t know if our real dad or Sam’s wife and other daughter could see us right then, but I hoped they could. And I hoped Sam and Leigh would believe in God someday.

We were all hugging when Mom gasped.

Dylan walked in wearing three pairs of socks, my dancing shoes, and a smile. “Wha’s goin’ on?” he said.

It felt good to laugh.

About the Authors

JERRY B. JENKINS
(
jerryjenkins.com
) is the writer of the Left Behind series. He owns the Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild, an organization dedicated to mentoring aspiring authors. Former vice president for publishing for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, he also served many years as editor of
Moody
magazine and is now Moody’s writer-at-large.

His writing has appeared in publications as varied as
Reader’s Digest, Parade, Guideposts,
in-flight magazines, and dozens of other periodicals. Jenkins’s biographies include books with Billy Graham, Hank Aaron, Bill Gaither, Luis Palau, Walter Payton, Orel Hershiser, and Nolan Ryan, among many others. His books appear regularly on the
New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal,
and
Publishers Weekly
best seller lists.

Jerry is also the writer of the nationally syndicated sports story comic strip
Gil Thorp,
distributed to newspapers across the United States by Tribune Media Services.

Jerry and his wife, Dianna, live in Colorado and have three grown sons and three grandchildren.

CHRIS FABRY
is a writer and broadcaster who lives in Colorado. He has written more than 40 books, including collaboration on the Left Behind: The Kids series.

You may have heard his voice on Focus on the Family, Moody Broadcasting, or Love Worth Finding. He has also written for Adventures in Odyssey and Radio Theatres.

Chris is a graduate of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. He and his wife, Andrea, have been married 22 years and have nine children, two birds, two dogs, and one cat.