MARCUS ANNAEUS SENECA “Endurance develops strength of character.” ROMANS 5:4 Well … that went well. Jed listened another few seconds to the dial tone buzzing in his ear, then clicked the phone off. He sat there, tapping it against his leg as he thought. Okay So she wasn’t as receptive as he’d hoped. No problem. He’d met resistance before. That just meant he had to really go to work now. Setting the phone back in its cradle, he went to the kitchen table and picked up the newspaper. “Who are you, Annie Justice?” “Women speak two languages—one of which is verbal.” Hmmm … if there was one thing the Bard understood, it was human nature. Jed sat down, laying the paper out in front of him, and read through the article again. Taking his time. Looking for the woman in what she did—and didn’t—say. “I like helping people. It’s an amazing feeling seeing a family reunited when they feared the worst. Especially when kids get lost. Seeing the fear fall away, seeing parents’ faces change from terror to relief, that’s what makes this all worthwhile.”
