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ZEKE
I didn’t feel I deserved God’s grace, but I went to church anyway—and I’d never been so uncomfortable in my entire life.
The praise and worship team opened the service like always, and I wanted to leave. My feet flared as if they were on fire, like hell lay below the sanctuary’s floor ready to ignite every man and woman who defiled God’s word.
But strangely, guilt didn’t eat at my guts. I just didn’t want to be there, in a church, while others sang praises.
Levi didn’t sit beside Lily in their usual spot.
I’d apologized before leaving him the night before because I knew he had a bumpy road ahead of him. I hated to be the one to cause him heartache, but it’d been necessary.
He must realize he couldn’t marry Lily.
Maybe they’d had it out after I’d left. Maybe they’d already b
