He’d been on his best behavior after visiting Scott, but he had no intention of stepping inside the building. He had nothing more to say to Josh, and he doubted Adie would take his side. Dani alone controlled the future. Beau stopped in front of the church, helped Dani down from the seat, then watched as his nieces went to Miss Adie’s Sunday school in the parsonage. Dani walked up the steps without looking back. If she had, she’d have seen Mr. Paisley Vest with his son, a young boy who needed a haircut. The kid saw the girls, spoke to his father and scampered off to be with Miss Adie. Beau wondered if she still used puppets to teach Sunday school. He’d helped her once. He’d been a bear named Jed and had hammed it up. Stifling that memory, he sat in the surrey, waiting for stragglers to pass before he lifted the reins. The last couple went inside the building, but no one closed the door. When the pianist struck the opening chords of “Blessed Assurance,” Beau sat paralyzed.
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