Rebecca Herrington

White Flag of Surrender Rebecca Herrington

Making a Christmas memory was the last thing on Tyler Weston's mind, but this would certainly be one he would never forget. The reflection of flashing red and blue lights bounced off the walls of the jewelry store like strobe lights in a night club. The place was surrounded by police, and the front door was the only way out. He was a man on the run for a crime he didn't commit, and he was about to surrender his only hostage. The elaborately decorated Christmas tree in the corner of the store reminded Tyler that he and Sarah had been planning a Christmas wedding. But after everything that had happened, he wondered if she would ever be able to love him again. He just wanted to see her and try to explain. To tell her he was sorry for everything that had happened. But he knew Sarah. She would never be able to forgive him. Her only child, the four-year-old son she loved more than life itself lay unconscious, and it was his fault. Tyler still wasn't sure exactly what had happened, but there was no doubt from whom it had originated. He had been set up by the one person who could make it all believable. Yes, Attorney Stephen Moore, would represent the victim in a case against his own friend since childhood, and Tyler would go to prison for life. Tyler sat in the dark jewelry store all alone and wondered again how it had come to this. He also thought about everything the owner of the store had said to him. Was the old man right? Did God really lead him into that store? And what exactly did he mean when he said it was a divine intervention? Suddenly Tyler realized he had been on the run for a long time, he just didn't know it. He had been running from a much higher Authority.