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I laughed, both loving and hating his teasing.
“Okay?” he asked, putting both hands on my face and peering into my eyes.
“Okay,” I said.
There was no way to resist the idea of being married to him.
The next week flew by, and true to Noah’s word, he took things as slow as he could take them. We both went to work and then met up for dinner. Sometimes we would go out, and sometimes we would eat back at my house.
It was amazing how everything fell into place. I loved having him in my home, sleeping next to my bed, usually with our hands interlinked until we fell asleep. It was so normal and comfortable. Minus the air bed.
It was so wonderful, I almost forgot that someone had broken in.
Saturday morning at the hospital, I got a call from Damon on my cell phone. Usually I let personal calls go to voicemail, but I had a feeling I should get this one. “Hello?”
“You’re not going to want to hear this, but Canyon told me I could tell you. The search and rescue got called out, and right now, as we speak, a team is being sent to the falls to save a hiker they have identified as your mother.”
I was whiplashed in so many ways. “My mother?”
“There is a group assembled next to the guardrail where …”
Where your brother fell.
I clocked out. “I’m on my way.”
Thankfully, Mercy was next to me and heard everything. She called out to Dr. Chavez and told him we were taking the rest of the day off for an emergency.
She grabbed our stuff and took my hand. “Let’s go.”
When we showed up, there were probably fifteen people assembled. Many of them were search and rescue people that I didn’t recognize. We rushed through the crowd to Noah’sfamily, who were all watching as my mother freestyle climbed, a backpack hanging from her back.
“Mom!” I called out.
Her head turned, and for a second her grip loosened and she was hanging by one hand. The whole crowd cried out, but then she got her hand back in place.
I felt horrible. She had almost fallen because I’d called out to her.
Mercy held me in her arms. Then Noah’s parents were there, hugging Mercy and me.
“It’s okay,” his father said.
“How is this happening?” I asked, frozen with terror. Tears misted my eyes. My head spun.
Noah’s mom let out a low whistle. “Armstrongs. Let’s have a prayer.”
McCrae, Kayla, and Damon gathered around us, with Jason and Trent too. Noah’s father said a prayer, asking for my mother’s protection and care. He asked for Noah’s safety and for search and rescue to succeed.
The prayer ended in the name of Jesus Christ. Then we all said amen, and a peaceful feeling permeated the whole area. Where I was once full of shock and adrenaline, now I was completely calm.
The group of people loosened, and I watched as Noah went down a few more notches on the rope. He held out a hand to my mom. She stared at it.
“Please, Lord, save her,” I whispered.
Finally, my mother took his hand, and Noah grabbed her fully around the waist. The whole crowd sighed with relief.
Canyon dropped next to Noah with a harness. He helped my mother into it and got her buckled. Then a group of people from the top pulled her up. Only when they had all climbed back to safety did I realize that tears were streaming down my face.
“It’s a miracle,” Mercy said. “It’s one of God’s miracles.”
