Faithful 01 - Waiting for Morning by Kingsbury Karen

Author:Kingsbury, Karen [Kingsbury, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781590520208
Publisher: Multnomah
Published: 1999-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Hannah looked from the photo to Matt, and was surprised at the grief she saw on his face.

“Do your friends live here?”

Matt blinked, as though the question startled him, then shook his head slowly. “No.” His gaze drifted to the photo, then back to Hannah. “The day Shawn asked Victoria to marry him, she was killed by a drunk driver.”

Shock swept over Hannah, and she had to resist the strong urge to go to Matt, to put her arm around him and comfort him. No wonder she’d always felt such understanding from him.

But he wasn’t finished.

“One year later, on the anniversary of Victoria’s death—” Matt’s voice was ragged with sorrow—“Shawn killed himself.”

Hannah sat slowly back in her seat. Like her, Matt had lost so much. Because of men like Brian Wesley … the kind of men Matt had worked so long and so hard to prosecute.…

“And so you spend your life prosecuting drunk drivers.…”

“As many as I can.”

She could think of nothing to say. This was the compassion she felt from Matt, the understanding. He knew her pain, knew it personally.

Matt drew a deep breath. “After that, I doubted God for a while, too.” He lifted his eyes from the picture, and Hannah was struck at the peace she saw in his gaze. “But then I found out the truth. God’s ways are not our ways. This world is a fallen place, and bad things do happen to good people. They even happen to Christians. Truth is, I couldn’t have made it through without his strength.”

Tears stung at Hannah’s eyes, but she refused to give in to them. What Matt was saying had the strong ring of truth to it, but she couldn’t accept it. Couldn’t believe God was real … that he’d done nothing but watch as her family was ripped apart … as Matt’s dearest friends were destroyed.…

Matt tucked the photograph back into the frame. “I know you don’t believe it, Hannah. But God loves you. Even now.”

She didn’t reply to that. Instead, she nodded. “It must help … prosecuting them.”

But he slowly shook his head. “Not really. The law is still pretty loose where drunk drivers are concerned. That’s why this is such a big deal. We’ll be making history if we win this one.”

Hannah glanced at Matt’s left hand and couldn’t hold back the question. “You’re not married, are you?”

Matt shook his head. “Never had time. I’ve spent ten years right here, increasing public awareness, waiting for the day when we could get it into the murder-one category.”

Good. This was safe ground. This was the kind of conversation she wanted to focus on. “Now here we are.”

Matt smiled, and again she saw understanding in his expression. “Not yet. We still have a lot of work to do.”

“And that’s where the victim impact panels come in.”

“Exactly. If we can fill this room with a dozen jurors who are familiar with the idea that killing someone in a drunk driving accident can be murder one … well, that’ll make my job that much easier.

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