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whose main motivation for decades was to make it back to you.”
    “Me?” Ryan laughed as his head hit the back of the couch and he directed his gaze upward. “I don’t know what I am anymore.”
    “You’re an earthbound angel, just like Abe and I, are you not?” Sam knew the answer to his question. Due to the good deeds he had performed in his life, Ryan had been gifted with a physical body to hold his spirit and powers while he carried out God’s will. Just as Abe and Sam, Ryan was the physical proof of God’s presence on earth.
    “Yes, but what do I do now? Lily and I have spent so much time looking for each other and now that we’re together, where do we go from here?”
    Sam smiled a fatherly smile. “I’m confident you’ll discover your path, together.”
    “Just be grateful you are together,” Abe whispered as his own feelings came into focus.
    Sam and Ryan both turned to Abe and saw the sadness that enveloped him.
    “Have faith, Abaddon. Your time will come.” Sam picked up his own coffee and took a long, languid drink. “Maybe sooner than you think.”

    Abe stood outside Becca’s bedroom door for over twenty minutes, contemplating his next move.
    “Just knock.” Jefferson laughed and elbowed Abe in the back, which pushed him closer to the door. “It’s easy. Look.” Jefferson knocked on a door down the hall and within seconds, Renee answered. Jefferson winked in Abe’s direction before taking Renee’s hand and entering the bedroom.
    As Abe heard the soft click of Renee’s door, he gathered his courage and lifted his fist to knock.
    “Come in,” a soft voice called to him.
    Abe opened the door and saw Becca curled up with the television remote in her hand as she watched BBC News flash pictures of Ian across the screen. “Hey.” He came over and sat at the end of the bed. Her pink painted toenails stuck out from beneath the blanket and with an unconscious movement, he began to massage her foot.
    “Mm. That feels good.” Becca turned to lie on her back. She closed her eyes as she took in the familiar sensation.
    “That’s kind of the point.” Abe let a genuine grin sweep across his face and pressed into her arch with his thumb. He felt the familiar stir in his gut, like so many mornings before. He wanted it to be real and he knew she did, too.
    He turned his attention to the television when he heard Senator Holt’s voice. His head slumped and he stopped the massage. He had hit the brick wall: Ian Holt.
    “What?” Becca asked, sitting up as her foot left his grasp.
    “I suppose you want to get back to work on the investigation.”
    She looked down at her hands resting in her lap. “I promised him I’d find him. I can’t just leave him out there when Gideon is behind this.”
    “I know. I’ll help you however I can.” He would. He would do anything for her.
    “You will?” 
    Abe crawled up to the head of the bed to sit beside her. He laced his fingers through hers, and he took a deep breath. “I know none of this is what you need to hear right now, but I love you. I love everything about you. If you care about him, then it’s important for me to help however I can. Gideon has taken so much away from me . . . I can’t let it go on any longer. With us working together, I’m positive we will destroy him this time.” He brought her hand up to kiss the back of it tenderly.
    “We keep hurting each other, don’t we?” Becca attempted to giggle, but it came out more like a soft sob.
    “You know, I took you to him because I was so desperate. I wanted to protect you, but I ended up playing right into his hands.” Abe shut his eyes as the pain of the last three years filtered through every cell of his body.
    “Hey.” Becca’s hand cupped his cheek. “I know you just wanted me safe. My fear is what has kept me away. If Gideon could take over you, he could be anywhere.” She brought her hand down to rest on top of his. “If I’m going to be able to do this—move on