"A Work in Progress"
Description:
Victoria's chance to leave her small town for her dream job becomes a trail of faith as her employers dark past catches up to him and jealous rivals try to push her out. Can she weather the storm to stay in God's will or will she cave under the pressure?
Eric is rich man with everything someone could possibly want, except his wife. Now left with two sons, a meddling butler, a well-intentioned, nagging mother, and a gold digging cook Eric must face life without love. But with the arrival of a new young nanny for his sons the unexpected happens leaving Eric with questions than answers.
Excerpt:
After church service Victoria thought her head might
burst with all the things rushing around in her mind as she stepped into the
quiet of her bedroom and shut the door behind her. She had enjoyed breakfast
and the church she attended with Eric that morning. The boys had even seemed to
enjoy the children services too, so much so that Drake made Eric promise to
bring him back the following week; which is exactly what she was hoped would
happen. Victoria couldn’t feel happy about it, not really, because Drake
wanted her to go too, and she hadn’t made up her mind yet if she was staying.
She hadn’t said anything to Eric or Braden yet, but
she had to make a decision and soon. Garret refused to continue seeing her if
she kept this job, but she didn’t want to quit a job just to make him happy,
she liked her job and didn’t feel threatened by anyone there…except maybe
Jessica. But was the job worth breaking up over?
Victoria had stayed up most of the previous night;
after having yet another argument with Garret about the job; praying for
answers, and she still felt completely lost. The easiest thing to do would be
to give in to Garret's demands, than she could keep her new boyfriend and just get a new
job. The problem with this was the nagging feeling that God had brought her here
for a reason, a purpose, one that she had not yet completed. Victoria had tried
desperately to explain this to Garret, but that’s when he told her if she didn’t quit by
the end of the week, they were over. Her heart broke when he said those words,
and they had echoed in her mind ever since.
Victoria laid down on her bed and picked up the small
black stuffed teddy bear she had since she was a little girl, clutched it to
her chest, and started to cry again. Less than twenty-four hours before she had felt
like life was wonderful and all coming together, now it was crashing down at
her feet. She felt like Garret was forcing her to choose between a man and God,
not a man and a job. She wanted both, she wanted to please Garret and please
God, but the more she thought about this, the more she realized she couldn’t
have both, she couldn’t make Garret happy and God happy if they wanted her in
different places. She was going to have to break up with Garret.
The revelation of what was necessary for her to stay
on the path God wanted her on was no easier than flip-flopping she had done
earlier. Victoria was starting to realize that life as an adult was never going to
be easy.
“Victoria,” came Eric’s voice from outside her bedroom
door with gentle knock. “My mom is taking the boys for the afternoon. So now
that I don’t have anything to do, I thought I’d invite you to lunch. If you’re
feeling up to it.”
Sitting up, Victoria wiped the tears from her eyes
and swallowed the lump that had been building in her throat before answering
him. “Thank you Eric, that sounds nice. When should I be ready by?”
“My mom will be by in an hour, could you be ready by
then? Nothing fancy, just casual lunch.”
“Not a problem. I’ll get changed now. Thanks again.”
“Sure. Meet you downstairs in an hour.” Eric replied
smiling before he walked back across the hall to the nursery so he could start
changing the boys into play clothes for their trip to the park with their
grandmother.
Victoria sat on the edge of the bed looking at
her tear stained reflection in the tall standing mirror she had brought from
her bedroom at her parent’s house recently. She was going to move forward. She
would go have lunch with Braden and Eric, enjoy herself then come home and call
Garret. It wasn’t going to be easy, and part of her really didn’t want to do it
at all, but no one said doing the right thing was easy. Victoria sighed and
wiped the tears from her cheeks before standing to her feet and starting to get
changed out of her church clothes. It was a hard day, but it didn’t all have to
be bad, lunch could be enjoyable if she just kept a good attitude and her mind
off what she had to do next.
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