Douglas looked up for the first time. Tears had gathered in his eyes, but he felt a sense of warmth in his heart. The others were still silent in the living room. Only Daniel and Mark could be heard playing in their room. I better feed the boys, he thought. But he slowly walked to his office. He had a strong sense of needing to be alone. Once he had closed the door and seated himself, he read Danielle’s letter slowly once more stopping several times to try to visualize her writing what he read.
When he had finished reading it again, he dropped to his knees in an effort to pray. He now asked without the anger he had felt until recently, “God, Lord of heaven and earth, why?” For a moment he remained silent. He neither spoke nor did his mind turn to consider any other thought. It was as if he was in a void. There was no sound except the precise ticking of the wall clock above his desk. He remained silent and still for a moment longer, then a word began to nudge into his mind. More subdued he asked once more, “Why God?”
A week ago I finished proof reading and editing a third novel, “Beyond the Breaking Point”. Please check back again. In a few days I’ll post the first of several excerpt from it.
Books and banter by W.H.Manke 
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