WRONG WAY - GO BACK 


By Tessa Harvey


Uncle came back. Taking a deep breath, Eden told him her story and the story of Jesus. 
"But, how can you believe in this....this God, after all He has made you suffer? It don't make sense."
"God did not do it," Eden replied. "Evil men and women are responsible." She looked straight at him. "He will help and accept you if you turn from your bad ways and ask Jesus to help you."
    She forestalled his next objection. "It's never too late to change. Now I must go." She took care not to be followed.
    Over the next few months the woman did her best for the little boy and also she looked for Alice,  asking at the school. All they would tell Eden was that she had been placed in care.
So Eden reassured the small Eddie she would look also for his sister.
    When Eddie could slip away, he also looked at different schools, wishing he could go to school also. By now he was nearly four.
    Once he was sure he saw Alice. Excitedly, he ran to her, calling, but when the little girl turned around, Eddie saw it wasn't his sister. The girl was very nasty to him and pinched him hard, leaving a red bruise that stung.
    After that, the boy was more careful, but he never gave up hope and prayed, as Eden had taught him.
    Other children passed through Uncle's hands, but he kept Eddie. Perhaps for once he was keeping a promise, perhaps he thought that Eden might grow to like him. The boy did look like his lost son, but Uncle's attitude to other children was purely mercenary.
    He did not think much of God. His way was best, he thought, remembering the song by Frank Sinatra, I did it "My Way."


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