Chapter 7 - Page 86 - Jim's Promise

the floor. Then she descended until her feet rested flat on the floor.

   The humming sound rose, pulsated for a few seconds, then faded away. Rhasha was now conscious and standing in front of Jim.

   She smiled at him and held out her arms, beckoning him to come to her. Jim walked up to her, but didn’t know if he could touch her. When Rhasha put her arms around his neck, he slipped his arms around her waist. She pulled Jim close to her.

    Her bright eyes gleamed. Tears formed in Rhasha’s eyes. For the first time, she spoke. “I love you,” she said in a voice so beautiful, it threw Jim completely off guard.

   He had no strength left in him. “Rhasha,” he said, “you’ll never know how much I love you.”

   They held each other tight. Rhasha’s parents eased toward her. They touched her on her shoulder and back. Jim and Rhasha released each other. As Rhasha kissed Thamish and Thasha, Jim lowered his head. He closed his eyes and gave thanks to the one and only God.

   Rhasha’s brother Robby had remained in bed. Now, attracted by the strange sounds coming from Rhasha’s room, he ran into the room to see his beautiful sister standing in the middle of the floor. Tears streaming down his face, Robby ran toward her. Robbie couldn’t understand what had happened to his older sister, but he hugged her tight for a long time, as though he didn’t want to turn her loose.

   A spiritual feeling filled the room. Thamish, Thasha, Robbie, and Rhasha sat on Rhasha’s bed with their arms around each other’s waist and began to talk about the past.