Years have gone by since the death of Noah his special needs son, and Wiley Cantrell realizes it’s time to move on. He and his husband Jackson try to adopt little Tony Gorzola, a deaf boy with HIV who is emotionally traumatized.<br><br>Difficulties quickly set in. Tony is a sweet boy but very damaged by abuse and neglect. And Tony’s mother, in prison, is unwilling to relinquish her parental rights. No sooner do they get the go ahead to foster Tony when another child they had considered becomes available -- the daughter Jackson always wanted.<br><br>With two children on their hands, life is complicated -- wonderfully so. But just as things begin to settle down, Tony, his immune system compromised, falls ill with pneumonia ... and Wiley and Jackson find their little family faced with crisis once again.

Go Tell It on the Mountains

“See? I told you it was easy.”59: Now Pay Attention


Mrs. Ledbetter peered at Amelia and actually smiled.


“You’re such a pretty girl,” Mrs. Ledbetter said. “Please. Come in.”


We left our winter coats on hooks in the foyer and followed Mrs. Ledbetter into the dining room, where Lydia had laid dishes for supper.


“It’s so nice of you to come,” Mrs. Ledbetter said, seating herself rather unceremoniously and looking haggard and very, very tired.


She merely shook her head. “I couldn’t stay there any longer. I had to come home, have a decent meal, a decent sleep. But I’m afraid he’s going to…”


“It could be a long time before he comes out of it,” Jackson reminded her.


Chapter 66