Colt Crawford - Chapter 8 (Thursday)

Today is once again Thursday, so make sure you vote. Earlier you all voted to have Colt involved in a love triangle between Krissy and Samantha and that is coming. This vote will determine exactly where that goes. Enjoy!

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“Your timeline has just been moved up,” Mathis said holding his cell phone to his ear. “The cops are on to me and I suspect your big mouth has something to do with it.”

Creighton listened to the cool tirade and felt his heart drop. With Mathis demanding payment by Wednesday, the BCS championship game on Tuesday was his last chance. His life and Samantha’s life were both riding on a stupid college football game. The wheels were in motion and nothing could stop them now.

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The early morning wake up call hit Colt hard around dinner time on Sunday evening. He had spent the afternoon working with Krissy on researching the gambling angle and was ready for an early bedtime. As an out-of-town bachelor, he didn’t know anyone in else, so it looked as if it would be another evening with take-out and TV in a hotel room. As pathetic as it sounded, there was a small part of Colt that thought he enjoyed the solitude and simplicity of his life. Conversely, there was another small part that was ready to grow up and move on. How much of his life had he wasted alone? Did he really enjoy it or did he just buy into the myth that society had sold him? The more he thought about it, the more sure he was that his life was essentially meaningless.

As he raised a straw to his lips and sipped on the 50/50 Coke and Diet Coke mixture, Colt flopped down on the bed ready to grab the remote control and flip the TV on. He looked down and noticed that the remote was not on the bedside table where he had left it. Frustrated, Colt glanced around the room, trying to spot the remote and will it into his hand without moving. His quick scan proved fruitless so he intensified his search and opened to drawer on the night stand to see if the maids had put in in there. No luck. Colt was about to shut the drawer, but stopped when he realized that there could be something of value in it. The red Gideon’s Bible stared up at him, almost daring him to pick it up.

The verse the pastor had talked about that morning in church had come from a book called James. Colt wasn’t sure where to find that, but he did know how to use a table of contents. At least he had paid attention that day in third grade. Almost as if on cruise control, his hand reached in and pulled the Bible out. Scanning with his finger down the list of books, he stopped when he got to the one he was looking for.

The part he was reading began by saying, “Consider it pure joy when you face trials of many kinds.” Colt read that and stopped. How could there be joy in the middle of trials? Samantha was in the middle of a trial. Did she consider it joyful? She was, after all, a Sunday school teacher. How could she teach this stuff to kids if she didn’t believe it herself. Colt had to find out.

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Results -
When Colt goes to talk to Samantha does he find that
A) She is able to maintain a positive outlook on life despite the attack - 40%
B) She is confused and wants to be joyful, but finds it difficult - 60%
C) She is bitter and set on revenge - 0%