Book #4 of the Jayson Wolf story. I would say it was a good read. Jayson Wolf has fame, fortune, a family, the woman he’s loved since he was 16 years old, the gospel and musical talents from above; what more can a guy want in life?
Jayson and Elizabeth Wolf are happily married, but it was not an easy task getting there. Jayson divorced his wife, after she cheated on him. Elizabeth lost her husband and oldest son on a Boy Scouts Camping trip and through it all they have been friends for the eternities.
After 20 years, Jayson and Elizabeth held tight to their friendship. Jayson lost his loving mother to cancer and Elizabeth and her father Will were right by his side to help him with his loss. He was ready to take his life after his mother died, his daughter ran away at age 16 and his wife cheated on him with a young rock star. He told himself, Lord if you can hear me, show me a sign why I should not take my life right now and I won’t; then Elizabeth called right away and his life was saved. (That was a compilation of the other 3 books.)
Since then, they have had 2 of their own children Derrek and Harmony Wolf. They are now sealed to each other for all time and eternity. Jayson has 1 daughter from his previous marriage and Elizabeth has 2 sons and 1 daughter.
So now they have 5 children and they all live in Utah.
Book #4 was about Elizabeth’s mother, Meredith, who was never a part of her life growing up. She was an attorney and spent all of her time at the office and also cheated on Will (Liz’s father). Liz was the first one to become a member of the church and her father and Jayson later were baptized. Liz always wanted a relationship with her mother growing up, but it never happened. Liz vowed to not be like her mother and be a stay home, caring and kind mother to her children, which she was.
Out of the blue, Liz gets a call from her mother asking if she can visit them and Liz was shocked didn’t know what to say since their phone conversations were always short. She said yes, sure and her mother came over in days. It was weird to see her mother so old and caring about everyone in the family. Liz later found out, her mother had only 2 weeks to live. There was so much cancer in her body the doctors couldn’t do anything for her. Liz cried wanting to start over with her mom.
So with the remaining days, she spent everyday with her mother, sharing stories, and hearing her mother apologizing for not being there for her. Those were tender moments and memorable moments for Liz and her mother. She did not want to lose her mother because she felt like she just found her true mother. Meredith was able to see all her grandkids, get to know them and share time with all of them. She was so grateful to Liz and Jayson for being kind to her after all those years. Liz taught her mother about the church and life after death. Her mother was grateful and died a peaceful death in Liz’s arms at home.
The other part of the book, Jayson was having a relapse from his days in the Rehab Center. After trying to take his life, Liz and her father noticed he was addicted to his prescription drugs and checked him in to a nearby rehab center.
He completed and came out a new man then later married Liz.
Years later, he has a relapse. One of the ladies in church accuses him of being a bad example to her son. She claims all rock stars lead terrible lives of drugs and immoral acts. So long as Jayson Wolf was in the Young Men Presidency her son would not attend activities or classes. Jayson was released from the Young Men Presidency, and had a hard time dealing with it, and had a relapse. He just was angry all the time and didn’t know how to cope. Liz called the counselor from rehab and had a few sessions with Jayson to help him cope with the pressures of others. He managed to get a better understanding and thanked his wife for going behind his back to call the counselor…wives always know what to do haha!.
In the end, everyone is happy and crying because they discovered that their older son Trevin has developed a great musical talent for the Bass guitar which reminds all of them of Jayson’s best friend Derrek, Liz’s brother and Wills’ son. They lost Derrek to a car accident in his senior year and he was the bass player for their band “Gray Wolf.” No one ever replaced Derrek, but with the talent and potential of Trevin, they think they’ve found a new bass player to help with Jayson’s albums.
The series was a good read and definitely a lot of ups and downs and twists in the stories to be enjoyed. I enjoyed the life of Jayson and Liz and how despite the fact that they loved each other as teen agers; they weren’t able to reconnect or become man and wife until after they lead separate lives 20 years down the line. Talk about relationships that endure to the end.
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