Wholesome home-maker Rachel was alone for the evening, quietly reading her Bible. Suddenly there came an aggressive knocking at her door. Upon cautiously answering it, Rachel found herself face to face with an angry young man. Immediately he demanded to see her step-son, Jason. Rachel replied that it wouldn't be possible; he had recently left for a six month tour of Europe. This made the young man even angrier. When Rachel asked him what the problem was, he explained that Jason owed him a large sum of money and had failed to pay it back by the agreed time. He spoke so loudly that Rachel ask...

Wholesome home-maker Rachel was alone for the evening, quietly reading her Bible. Suddenly there came an aggressive knocking at her door. Upon cautiously answering it, Rachel found herself face to face with an angry young man. Immediately he demanded to see her step-son, Jason. Rachel replied that it wouldn't be possible; he had recently left for a six month tour of Europe. This made the young man even angrier. When Rachel asked him what the problem was, he explained that Jason owed him a large sum of money and had failed to pay it back by the agreed time. He spoke so loudly that Rachel asked him to come inside where they could discuss the matter properly without the neighbors overhearing everything. As the young man came into the house, he was followed by an older man. This was his step-father, and he was particularly menacing. In the living room, Rachel tried hard to reason with the two men. She was civil and patient and accommodating; but it was all to no avail. The step-son and his step-father had become ruthlessly impatient for their money. With Jason not around to pay them, they looked to Rachel instead