Chp 227 - Good News

“Please tell me you were not out here all night.”

Adam threw the soil off the shovel and swiped at his sweaty brows before looking back at Lisa.

She stifled a yawn as she peered at him through bleary eyes. “You really have been here all night?”

Adam smiled as he said, “Pot. Kettle.”

“Well, excuse me. I have been trying to think of ways to save lives. What is your excuse?”

Adam’s smile was gone as he said, “I have been trying to do what I can to preserve the body of the life that was taken because of me.”

“Oh, Adam,” Lisa said in a heartfelt tone as she came closer to him. “She blamed you, didn’t she?”

“She was right,” Adam said automatically. “I couldn’t even get the tools yet a man died because of my decision. That is not on anybody, Lisa. It is on me.”

He turned away and continued digging again.

He ignored Lisa’s approach and continued to dig in a frenzy.

His back glistened with sweat in the cold air and the increasing light of dawn brushing the sky.

“Adam!” Lisa called sharply when
Continue to read this book on the App

Related Chapters

Latest Chapter