Jenna's Cowboy Hero by Brenda Minton

Author:Brenda Minton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2009-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Jenna looked at her kitchen. The boys had already eaten. The takeout containers were open on the table, and mostly empty. The dog had run into the kitchen and was trying to nose his way onto the table, like he thought no one would notice.

“Dog, get.” Jenna shooed him away, wheeling closer to the table and smelling fried chicken from The Mad Cow.

“Do you want tea?”

She turned. Adam had two glasses. One for him, one for her. Or that was her guess. He was staying? She felt weak inside, and he was staying.

“You know, I can take it from here. If you have somewhere you need to go.”

“Are you trying to get rid of me?” He set two glasses on the table and opened a container.

“No, I just know that you have a lot to get done in the next few days.”

“The help I got today made a big dent in that.”

“It’s all coming together.” She dug her fork into the chicken and took a bite. Adam was watching, his own meal in front of him.

“Yeah, it is.” He leaned back in his chair, watching her, and she wasn’t hungry. “But then what? Let it run its course for the summer, and then put it up for sale?”

“Or you could keep it going. You could be really good for the camp and the kids. Even if you ran it from Atlanta.”

“I don’t think so. I’m not a role model or a camp director.”

“You’re not so bad.”

His brows went up. “Yes, I am.”

She smiled, shaking her head in disagreement with him, because she thought he had a kind heart that he’d been keeping tucked away, protected.

“Oh, what did Jess want?”

“Same as before. He wanted to give me a second chance to back out on this camp. Pastor Todd tried to talk to him, but he wouldn’t listen. He said Pastor Todd has a history of bringing in strays, so why would Jess trust his judgment.”

“I wouldn’t worry. Jess will give it up.”

“He’s going to talk to the county planning and zoning committee.”

“We’ll have to pray.”

“Right.”

Jenna pushed her plate away, because she wasn’t really hungry. “What happened to you?”

He looked up, no smile, just a look in his eyes that was soft, a little wounded. “What does that mean?”

“You know what I mean. What turned you against God?”

“I don’t have anything against God. I attended church my entire childhood.”

“And now?”

“I don’t think anything happened. I left home.” He shrugged and looked away. “I think I enjoyed the freedom of college a little too much. I was busy with football, busy with my social life.”

“And no one to tell you to slow down.”

“For the first time in my life. That kind of freedom can be a dangerous thing.” He grinned a little. “I can’t say that I’m proud of that, or how far I’ve gone from my roots.”

“I guess I don’t know your roots.”

“Pastor’s kid. And a dad who almost made the pros, but didn’t.”

She had missed that part of his bio.

But now she got it.

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