Chapter 45
What walking away looks like.
The Book
All About Hope—A Story About God’s Faithfulness
(This story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this publication are fictitious. No identification with actual persons [living or deceased], places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred.)
Chapter 44
Val challenges Hope to read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Gavin surprises Hope with a phone call which gives Hope closure. And a mirror reflection enlightens Hope’s view on herself.
Chapter 43
When Brad explodes at Hope while Calleigh is in the room eating her morning breakfast, Hope realizes it’s time for a change.
Chapter 42
Text messages deleted. Mystery appointments and medications. Getting hit in the face in the middle of the night. Hope’s life gets more and more complicated while trying to deal with Brad.
Chapter 41
Rape. Lies. Ignoring boundaries. Dealing with Brad’s twisted reality. Hope uncovers the truth. The more that’s revealed, the more complicated life gets.
Chapter 40
Situations at home make Hope realize she’s living in abuse with an unstable spouse who compares himself to a sociopath. When finding a lighter in the wash, twists and turns make Hope question what’s truth and what’s another lie.
Chapter 39
Hope faces the truth of who she married, then shares with Greg what happened before their wedding during the rehearsal dinner.
Chapter 38
A wedding proposal, planning, and a pretty big plot twist!
Chapter 37
Dating Brad was an adventure.
Chapter 36
Hope rehashes with Greg all the adventures of having her electricity turned off; then she shares how her relationship progressed with Brad…kite flying!
Chapter 35
A question from Julia makes Hope start to question what she knows about Brad.
Chapter 34
What happens when the honeymoon phase is over and electricity in the house gets turned off?
Chapter 33
Hope learns more about Brad on their first non-date.
Chapter 32
Hope and Brad go on an ice cream date.
Chapter 31
Hope meets Brad for the first time.
Chapter 30
A “little birdie” sends Hope someone in college to add fresh perspective on a complex situation.
Chapter 29
Hope sits in Greg’s office and learns something deep about herself that just may start helping the inner changes to start happening in her life.
Chapter 28
God uses a homeless man on the beach.
Chapter 27
Hope drives to Val’s house to receive emotional support from a friend.
Chapter 26
When Hope receives a phone call, her entire life pivots on a dime, and her relationship with Gavin takes a serious change.
Chapter 25
Hope and Gavin take their picnic indoors.
Chapter 24
Gavin asks Hope on a date.
Chapter 23
The youth evangelism series came to a close and Gavin offered Hope a ride home.
Chapter 22
An unexpected guest arrives at Hope’s high school and is about to change Hope’s day.
Chapter 21
An experiment turns out different than Hope had planned.