Christian Romance: Heaven on Earth... [4 Beautiful Christian Romance Stories] by Joanne Sawyer

ma’am that’s true.”
    “Then why you being rude, boy? We been
praying for a doctor to come and God answered our prayers, but you
ain’t thankful boy. The sweet doctor’s been telling me about how
rude you’ve been and I’d be very much obliged if you would
introduce yourself to her like a proper gentleman.”
    By then, both Ava and Gage were red in
the face. Ava went to granny and started pulling her to the door,
but granny wouldn’t budge. Karen could see Gage was having an
internal struggle of some sort, his lips were pursed and he turned
to her slowly.
    “Hello Dr. Johnston. I’m Gage Fortier,
I’d like to sincerely welcome you to Vignon. I’d like to ask for
your forgiveness if I was being rude earlier, I don’t know what
came over me,” and he held out his hand. Karen took it reluctantly
but the moment their hands touched, she felt a jolt, it was
electric. She noticed how his hands were calloused, the hands of a
worker, and she felt a wave of tenderness for this kind man who
would try and change a town in his little ways.
    “It’s alright Mr. Fortier. You must
have been tired and all. I completely understand,” Karen said with
a sweet smile that seemed to take Gage Fortier aback.
    “I’ll see you around Dr. Johnston,”
and he and Granny Mae left, leaving a swooning Ava and a blushing
Karen.

An Opened Door...

    It was a few days later that Karen saw
Gage again, but it was in completely different circumstances. Ava
was in school so Karen was alone in the clinic, cleaning up the
consultation table after having just checked on some women who were
in their 2nd trimester.
    “Doctor! Please! We need your help!”
the men shouted outside her door.
    Karen ran outside and saw a young
black man who Emille called Luke waving from across the street,
there were other men coming, carrying Gage Fortier, who’s hand was
bleeding and was looking quite pale.
    “How did this happen?” Karen asked the
young man.
    “It was the saw. My hand slipped and
he got cut.”
    “Bring him inside, I need to see the
wound. Why are they carrying him? Are his feet injured as
well?”
    Karen saw Luke blush. “No Doctor
Johnston, just his hand. He...he fainted miss, when he saw the
blood.”
    “Oh, just bring him
inside.”
    The men brought Gage inside and after
looking at the wound, Karen had to make them leave the room. Gage
looked stricken.
    “It’s not that deep, and I don’t think
there’ll be any permanent damage, but I will be giving you
something to prevent infection. But you will need some stitches Mr.
Fortier.”
    “I… I don’t like seeing blood Dr.
Johnston. And call me Gage, Mr. Fortier was my father.”
    “I gathered as much Gage. You can call
me Karen. I have to clean up the wound before I close it, get
ready, this will sting a little.” She proceeded to wash his wound
with antiseptic, Gage looked away, fearing the wound more than the
pain.
    “I’d think that you’d be used to these
injuries. But you were a lawyer once right?”
    “Yes, I was. It’s was that fast-paced
life that led me the wrong way. I was…Ooowww….” he said, flinching
as she cleaned the wound with gauze and iodine. Karen only smiled.
“As I was saying, I lost track of the important things, so I came
home.”
    “You used to live here?”
    “Yes, Granny Mae raised me. My mother
and father were…they were busy people,” he said, taking a big gulp
of air as his eyes locked on the surgical needle.
    “Woah… umm…could you just…” he
stammered, turning pale.
    “This won’t hurt much.
I’ll be injecting you with some anesthesia so you won’t feel a
thing. You might want to close your eyes,” Karen said then, with a
hint of a smile. She nearly laughed when she saw him close his eyes
tight like a fearful child. I like this
side of him better, she thought as she
stuck the needle cleanly through the skin of his hand. “You were
saying something about Granny Mae?”
    “Yeah… ow, ow. Granny Mae raised me,
that is, until