Harlequin Love Inspired November 2020--Box Set 2 of 2 by Jo Ann Brown
Author:Jo Ann Brown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TEN
Some days Jake loved his job. Today was not one of them. Everything that could go wrong had gone wrong, and his patience was falling way short of demand these days. Construction was a Plan B business as Bo liked to say, meaning that things went wrong all the time and a builderâs true skill was how he pivoted to cope.
Jake wasnât on Plan B, he was on D, E, F and maybe down toward X, Y and Z. Part of it was his own faultâhe hadnât been able to get last weekâs news about how they might never know who fired the shots from that overpass out of his head. The injustice of it seemed to be eating at him in ways that couldnât be healthy. Heâd forgotten an appointment, messed up two orders at the hardware store and misplaced a vital set of blueprints in the last week alone.
Telling Emma he had all the materials for the stable was looking like it would be todayâs only victory. Jake parked his truck in the house garage, taking a moment and a few deep breaths to try to wipe away the dayâs frustration before he greeted Cole. How had Natalie managed to keep the hopeful, caring expression she always wore?
âHeâs got you, and that will make all the difference,â Emma kept saying. But was that really enough? Caring for a five-year-old was feeling like an endless uphill climb, even with Emmaâs huge help. Jake thought about Coleâs wide eyes, his wild hugs and his priceless giggles. That was what mattered, not uneaten vegetables or late bedtimes or tantrums. Sarah said she expected to be back on her feet by Januaryâhe just had to hang on until then.
Grabbing his workbag and commanding his attitude to improve, Jake pushed open the door that led from the garage into the kitchen. âHi, honey, Iâm home!â he called as a joke.
Emma glared at him. A sharp, hard glare that slowed his steps. âOkay, maybe not so funny,â he said as he cautiously laid his bag on the counter. Maybe her day hadnât gone any better than his.
âNot funny at all.â Emmaâs words were short and soft. âCole is next door playing with their dog so we can have a conversation.â
âA conversationâ sounded way more like âIâm about to lay into you about something.â Maybe ice cream on waffles wasnât everyoneâs idea of a nutritious breakfast, but this morning Jake had felt it a victory to have gotten Cole to eat anything at all. Still, even that shortcoming didnât seem to merit the scowl she was giving him.
âOkay,â he said slowly, walking around the counter stools and into the kitchen as if land mines were hidden beneath the floor tiles.
âThere will be no hugging. Ever again. No touching, no jokes, no friendly contact of any kind between us. Am I clear?â
So now would definitely not be the time to say how the memory of her in his arms was distracting him as much as the injustice of Natâs unsolved case.
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