Heart of Hope by Shanna Hatfield

Author:Shanna Hatfield
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: clean romance, happy ending, western romance, cowboy romance, romance humor, surprise ending, secret baby romance, romance sweet, cowboy comedy, romance clean
Publisher: Shanna Hatfield

Chapter Eleven

Exhausted beyond anything she’d ever experienced, Jenna had no idea how she’d finish the drive home that night. Nearly six hours away from Tenacity, she acknowledged she had a problem.

An hour later, she gave up and sat in a hotel room, crying in frustration. The undercurrents of overwhelming fatigue and fear kept yanking her off balance. Jenna could barely keep her head above the surface of her roiling emotions, let alone focus or function normally.

Finally admitting defeat and her need for help, she phoned Josh.

“Hey, babe!” Josh sounded happy she called. “I’m so excited you’ll be home soon. I can’t wait to see you.”

“I’m glad, Josh. I’m looking forward to seeing you as well,” Jenna said, mustering the nerve to ask him for a huge favor.

“You don’t sound well, Jenna. Are you sick? What’s wrong?” Worry carried through his voice when he spoke. She heard him shut off the tractor as the background noise faded into silence.

“Honestly, I’m done in. I… I’m not going to be able to drive myself home tonight or even tomorrow. I just can’t.” Annoyed by the tears once again stinging her eyes, she hesitated. “Do you… what I mean is… do you think you can come get me? I know you’re so busy and I hate to ask, but I don’t know what else to do.”

Josh heard the doubt and anxiety in Jenna’s voice. Strong-willed and independent, he assumed she was on the verge of a complete breakdown to ask for his help.

“Do you have anything you need to finish there?” Josh asked, starting to make plans as he climbed on the four-wheeler and headed to the house.

“No. I just want to be home.” Jenna sank down onto the hotel bed and brushed away the tears on her cheeks. She hated feeling weak and useless.

“Hang in there, babe. I’m going to find someone to come along with me and leave as soon as possible. We’ll be there as quick as we can then we’ll all come back tomorrow.” Josh thought of the work he’d leave behind at home, but nothing was more important than Jenna. The fact she called and asked him to come made it clear how bad things were for her. It might do lasting damage to his wife’s stubborn pride to have to admit she needed help. “I’m almost to the house. Let me get inside then you can give me directions to your hotel and the room number.”

Jenna gave him the information then she broke down into tears once more. “I’m so sorry, Josh. I hate this. I hate being a burden to you, especially when you’re so over-burdened with farm work. I’m really sorry.”

“Jenna, there isn’t anything in this world more important to me than you. The whole farm could burn to the ground and it wouldn’t matter as long as you’re safe. Got it?”

“But I’ve been so awful to you.” Jenna sobbed, bordering on hysteria. “I don’t deserve for you to be so good to me.”

“I love you. Always have, always will.

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