Everybody's Daughter
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He swung his arms up and down. “Can you see me Vicki? This is for you. Thanks for saying yes.”
Michael continued, smiling and crying at the same time. As he finished his mud angel, a man stood above him. He jumped up. “My Lord.”
He smiled.
“Why are you here?”
Jesus’ grin widened.
“Why are you smiling?”
“I witnessed a beautiful act of unselfish love – the greatest gift you can give to another person.”
He smiled again. A raging wind whipped through the small cave opening. Voices swirled around him. Snippets of conversation could be heard nearby in the cave.
“Who is there?” Michael asked, walking back to opening of the tomb.
He saw the stone displaced. “What the…”
“It’s time for both of you to go,” Jesus said.
“I don’t want to go back to Northport,” Michael said, turning around. There’s nothing left there for me.”
“There is much work to be done for both of you here.”
“Both?”
A woman walked out from the cave.
“Elizabeth?”
She stood in silence, touching and feeling her face.
“My God, Elizabeth!”
Michael hugged her.
“Where am I? What happened?” she asked.
“My God, my God, thank you.”
He embraced her tighter and kissed the back of her head several times.
“There is not much time,” Jesus said. He gave them His instructions.
Before Michael could say a word, He disappeared into the cave.
About the Author
Michael John Sullivan graduated from St. John’s University with a communications degree and a promising future in the field of journalism after working for the official school paper the previous two years. Six months later, he found himself washing his hair in a toilet at the same university as he prepared for a job interview.
Riding a New York City subway train at night, his only companion was a green plastic bag of belongings. During these bleak days, he began writing his most reflective and emotional childhood and adult memories now featured in two of his novels, Necessary Heartbreak and Everybody’s Daughter.
Sullivan spent almost a month on the E train at night until he was rescued by relatives. After spending much of the past two decades raising their daughters while working at home, Sullivan returned to his notes in 2007 and began writing Necessary Heartbreak: A Novel of Faith and Forgiveness. It was published by Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books imprint in April 2010. He finished Everybody’s Daughter in 2012 and is currently writing the last book in the series, The Greatest Christmas.
Sullivan lives in New York with his family. You can find him at MichaelJohnSullivan.com for more information about the series.
Everybody's Daughter
Michael John Sullivan
Author
Michael John Sullivan Publisher
Fiction Studio Books Copyright
Copyright (c) 2012 by Michael John Sullivan
ISBN
9781936558452
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
About the Author
Credits & Copyright