When I Needed You

By: Susan Rodgers

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Susan Rodgers' writing masterfully explores the pain that can lie just beneath the surface. She opens up conversations about guilt, healing, and acceptance — and reminds us how much peace is waiting just beyond those talks.
- Brandon Lorimer, The East Magazine

Some wounds never heal.

Ricky Raines was once a typical twelve-year-old boy. One evening when he was supposed to be watching his little sister, the unthinkable happened. Ricky has since spent his entire life paying for a single mistake.

Fast forward to a simple fundraising luncheon, where Dallas White and his friend Jessie Wheeler are the featured performers. It only takes their security, Matt Kelly, a moment to fall under the spell of their first song, a ballad — a ballad that Jessie wrote for Matt.

It only takes a moment to let down one's guard. And some moments can change a life forever.

Just ask Ricky Raines.