Return to Exile (41 page)
Authors: Lynne Gentry
This crazy plan she had might not work at all, but she didn’t know what else to do. She couldn’t count on Barek being at the well or the small chance that he’d be willing to haul them into the third century again if he was.
Shining her light around the stone base of each cistern, Lisbeth searched for the faded painting of the swimmer family. “I found them.”
Papa rushed over. “Look, Aisa. It’s the Hastingses.”
“Don’t touch it, Papa. Let’s just do what we need to do and get out of here.”
“Seems to me it would be a lot easier just to go from here,” Papa said.
“Who knows where we’d end up? I can’t take that chance.” She kept her light on the tiny figures that had guarded this portal for centuries. “Finding Maggie means we’re going to have to take the same route she did. And she only knows how to get to the third century via the Cave of the Swimmers.”
Fifteen minutes later they had one end of the rope tied to a stone and the other dangling inches above the dark water. A lifeline she prayed would somehow miraculously be there when they arrived in the third century.
“Now what about those antibiotics?” She turned the beam of light on Aisa. “I don’t suppose you were successful in finding a local doc who’d write me some scrips.”
The cook’s teeth glowed white. “No one can resist my fried bread.”
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About the Author
Photograph by Jacob Knettel
Lynne Gentry has written for numerous publications. She is a professional acting coach, theater director, and playwright. Lynne is an inspirational speaker and dramatic performer who loves spending time with her family and medical therapy dog.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gentry, Lynne.
Return to exile : a novel / Lynne Gentry.
pages cm.—(The Carthage Chronicles ; 2)
ISBN 978-1-4767-4636-4 (paperback)
1. Women physicians—Fiction. 2. Time travel—Fiction. 3. Carthage (Extinct city)—Fiction. 4. Christian fiction. 5. Love stories. I. Title.
PS3607.E57R48 2014
813'.6—dc23
2014006722
ISBN 978-1-4767-4636-4
ISBN 978-1-4767-4640-1 (ebook)
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