Hopes by Linda Chapman

Author:Linda Chapman
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Eight

JOE LEFT EARLY the next morning. “You have to keep trying with Spirit,” he told Ellie as he hugged her before he left. “There’s going to be something that will work. I know there is and you’ll find it.”

Ellie hugged him and then waved him off with the others.

“I can’t believe he’s gone,” she said to Luke.

Luke shook his head as the car drove away and the grooms walked back to the yard. “He should have told Len he wouldn’t go until the end of the summer. I can’t get over him leaving when—” He broke off. “Well, when there’s so much happening. He shouldn’t have gone.”

“He wanted to stay.” Ellie struggled to come to Joe’s defense. “He really did. He asked if he could but he wasn’t allowed to.”

Luke looked at her, his mouth set. “No one could have forced him on that plane if he’d refused.”

Ellie turned away. Right then, she had enough to think about with Spirit without wasting energy on wishing that Joe was made differently. He’d gone. She had to deal with it.

“So, what are you going to do about Spirit?” Luke asked, falling into step beside her.

“Do?” She shrugged. “Nothing. Just keep trying—keep fighting.”

Luke nodded. For a moment, she thought he was about to say something else, but then he just gave her a smile. “Good luck with it.”

“Thanks,” Ellie sighed.

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