Chapter One
It was Rayford Steele's turn for a break. He pulled the
headphones down onto his neck and dug into his flight
bag for his wife's Bible, marveling at how quickly his life
had changed. How many hours had he wasted during
idle moments like this, poring over newspapers and magazines
that had nothing to say? After all that had happened,
only one book could hold his interest.
The Boeing 747 was on auto from Baltimore to a
four o'clock Friday afternoon landing at Chicago
O'Hare, but Rayford's new first officer, Nick, sat staring
ahead anyway, as if piloting the plane. Doesn't
want to talk to me anymore, Rayford thought. Knew
what was coming and shut me down before I opened
my mouth.
"Is it going to offend you if I sit reading this for a
while?" Rayford asked.
The younger man turned and pulled the left phone
away from his own ear. "Say again?"
Rayford repeated himself, pointing to the Bible. It had
belonged to the wife he hadn't seen for more than two
weeks and probably would not see for anothe ... read full excerpt from: Tribulation Force: Left Behind #2 ebook
