“Thank you, Ambrose,” he answered, and his voice broke with sudden emotion. “I have often worried that when Bailey died, something would happen to Fern. It’s an illogical fear, I know, but their lives have been so entwined, so connected. Angie and Rachel even discovered that they were pregnant on the same day. I worried that God had sent Fern for a specific purpose, a specific mission, and when that mission was fulfilled, he would take her away.” “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away?” “Yes . . . something like that.” “I’ve always hated that quote.”
