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CHAPTER 16 A little later in the morning, Mrs. Spencer showed up with four cartons of eggs and other supplies donated from Puck’s Grocery store. Aisha came in just a few minutes later. While Mrs. Spencer set about making breakfast for the rescue workers, Aisha took Jade into Pastor Reggie’s office to pray. Over half a decade after leaving Pastor Mitch’s church, it was still difficult for Jade to remember that she didn’t need a pastor’s permission or an elder’s blessing to lift her requests up to God. She’d been trained so thoroughly by the Morning Glory leadership to rely on church hierarchy to grab heaven’s attention that it took her years to learn to pray on her own. Even now, with the stress and anxiety so heavy on her, she found it nearly impossible. Having Aisha with her helped a li