Do Unto Others

After a spring loaded with events which left her feeling like she had entered the Twilight Zone, Tina McKenzie has to makes sense of it all. How many people can say they were told their deceased husband unknowingly fathered a child who is only six months older than their youngest child? Events tying the two girls together have made it difficult to ignore the too many coincidences to believe they were only coincidences. She has resigned herself to accept some grander plan over which she has no control, a grander plan that involves a life-altering decision.Since her firefighter husband’s tragic death, Tina has devoted herself to ensuring her three children’s well-being. While it hasn’t been a cake walk, they all seem to be thriving even though the past four months have been daunting. Now with a better job and finally, after six years alone, a budding romance with the man of her dreams, life has thrown this curve ball: DNA has confirmed the girl, Phoebe, and Tina’s youngest child, Penny, are siblings. The clincher is that Phoebe is destined to soon become an orphan with no other known relatives. Tina’s faith tells her there is only one right thing to do. This girl needs a home, and she needs to be loved. After all, how bad could adding one more to an already full house really be?Once the truth about the girl’s history of abuse surfaces, the likelihood of mental health issues and what she may be capable of comes into question, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. Has Tina unwittingly invited more into their lives than an unstable eleven-year-old girl? The new neighbor with the gift of visions has seen the shrouded evil, and the sinister presence is watching. What part will this family play in fulfilling the prophecy?