Chapter 45
What walking away looks like.
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.)
What walking away looks like.
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.
When Brad explodes at Hope while Calleigh is in the room eating her morning breakfast, Hope realizes it’s time for a change.
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.
Rape. Lies. Ignoring boundaries. Dealing with Brad’s twisted reality. Hope uncovers the truth. The more that’s revealed, the more complicated life gets.
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.
Hope faces the truth of who she married, then shares with Greg what happened before their wedding during the rehearsal dinner.
A wedding proposal, planning, and a pretty big plot twist!
Dating Brad was an adventure.
Hope rehashes with Greg all the adventures of having her electricity turned off; then she shares how her relationship progressed with Brad…kite flying!
A question from Julia makes Hope start to question what she knows about Brad.
What happens when the honeymoon phase is over and electricity in the house gets turned off?
Hope learns more about Brad on their first non-date.
Hope and Brad go on an ice cream date.
Hope meets Brad for the first time.
A “little birdie” sends Hope someone in college to add fresh perspective on a complex situation.
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.
God uses a homeless man on the beach.
Hope drives to Val’s house to receive emotional support from a friend.
When Hope receives a phone call, her entire life pivots on a dime, and her relationship with Gavin takes a serious change.
Hope and Gavin take their picnic indoors.
Gavin asks Hope on a date.
The youth evangelism series came to a close and Gavin offered Hope a ride home.
An unexpected guest arrives at Hope’s high school and is about to change Hope’s day.
An experiment turns out different than Hope had planned.
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