For Better or Worse by Jennifer Johnson

Author:Jennifer Johnson [ Johnson, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781607429906
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2009-09-03T04:00:00+00:00

“Zoey’s pregnant.” Kelly’s words from a few days before washed over him again. He leaned back against the airline seat. The announcement had put quite the damper on the rest of their honeymoon. They’d gone through the motions, lying on the beach, eating Hawaiian cuisine, and trying to enjoy their time together.

But the announcement had changed things. Kelly emotionally pulled away from him. He didn’t know how to explain it exactly, but he felt it in her gaze, in her touch, even in the way she talked to him.

She’d said that she was selfish, and he knew what she meant. They’d discussed it many times before during their premarital counseling and on several of their dates. She felt guilty dragging him into a house of crazy teenage women.

He didn’t know how many times he’d told her that he loved them and that he wanted to be a part of their crazy house, but she simply wouldn’t believe him. To him it was a matter of her not taking him at his word. And Harold lived by the integrity of his word. His business thrived because if he told someone he would do something, then he would do it. He didn’t understand why Kelly didn’t believe he meant what he said. He’d proved himself many times over to her.

And what would they do with a baby? He didn’t think he’d even held one. Anytime he’d ever been around one it was screaming its head off.

He looked at Kelly in the seat beside him. Her head was tilted to one side, her mouth slightly open. She’d fallen asleep. He knew she was exhausted. She hadn’t slept much since she told him.

She smelled like that purple lotion she was always putting on. He loved the smell of it. And she looked so cute, probably ten years younger than she was, with her just slightly burnt nose and cheeks. Everything in him wanted to take her hand in his, lift it to his lips, and kiss her knuckles. But he couldn’t.

He looked forward, staring at the gray plastic tray attached to the back of the seat in front of him. He unlocked the tray and let it rest as a small table in front of him. He’d get a drink of ginger ale when the flight attendant came by. His stomach was a bit queasy. If he were honest with himself, he’d admit it wasn’t from the plane ride, but from the fact the woman he loved didn’t trust him.

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