Train Station Bride by Bush Holly

Author:Bush, Holly [Bush, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Jake climbed into bed with Julia that night and brushed the stray hairs from her face. She was exhausted. Dried tracks of tears marred her pale cheeks. She tossed and turned fitfully and Jake pulled her into his arms. She settled onto his shoulder with a sigh, and he held her tight, until her breathing evened and she slept peacefully. He could not.

Julia’s mother was a snake in the grass. Waiting patiently for her moment to strike and impose the most damage. Jake didn’t know what to make of her father. There was something going on that Jake didn’t understand. An air about the two women charged as if lightning had struck them. Jake kissed Julia’s forehead. She would tell him eventually, he was sure.

Jake was certain now that he loved this woman in his arms. Julia had surprised him and probably herself since their marriage. She had charmed his sisters, was beloved by his niece and nephew, and would have undying devotion from Will for saving Gloria. Harry said she was just what the doctor ordered for Jake.

Julia, although clearly a woman, Jake thought as he rubbed her arm, was as comfortable with Millie and Danny as she was with adults. Sometimes he felt out of his depths with his niece and nephew. Sometimes he ran out of patience with their questions. Julia encouraged the questions, the wonder, the pure vision of a child still unsullied by life’s woes. She played make-believe as if a stage actress. Yet she painted walls and shucked corn as an adult with the full weight of a person who knows her place, her responsibility and accepted them. He knew she was happy here. He was happy as hell. Jake couldn’t wait till Julia was pregnant. She would be a wonderful mother.

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