The Waiting Room

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain…(Psalm 127:1a NIV)

Linda O’Neill, the founder and owner of Just Like New, a chain of second-hand clothing stores, discovers that a condominium towers building is being planned for the location of one of her stores. The development is the pet project of developer Raina Whitman who will stop at nothing, including bribes, dirty tricks and spiteful tactics to pursue her idea of urban renewal. Through her faith in God and the support of Jake, her husband, O’Neill opposes the new development, persevering through all of Whitman’s tactics to push her out early. When it looks like the development will be approved, O’Neill tells her husband she feels God is leading her to set up a face-to-face meeting with Whitman to explain why the development isn’t needed. Following the sounds of separate car accidents, the two women meet in what O’Neill suggests is a “waiting room” between heaven and hell.