"Mommy, I promise you. Don't cry anymore, I promise you." Seeing his mommy's tears falling even more fiercely, Jimmy Horne immediately and very sensibly agreed to his mommy's request and once again wiped her tears away.
"Jimmy." Adele Horne pressed her son's head into her bosom, hugging him tightly as she wept bitterly. She cried for her own fate, for her grievances, and for her son's. She had been violated by an anonymous stranger, become pregnant before marriage, and become an unwed mother. She took all this as a punishment from God for her former arrogance and petulance. But now, she had changed everything; she knew her mistakes. Why then, did God still treat her this way? The man who had left nothing but a necklace behind all those years ago had actually come back. He had even learned of his son's existence and was intentionally trying to fight her for custody of her child. If she lost her son, how could she go on living?
