West For Love (A Mail Order Romance Novel) by Claire Charlins & Karolyn James

Author:Claire Charlins & Karolyn James [Charlins, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-08-07T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

The following morning brought a whole new set of feelings. She had expected to wake with a smile and she had expected to look at Jo and blush, figuring Jo knew everything that had happened in the bedroom the night before.

Instead, she felt like she was following Thomas around the house, waiting for him to look at her and talk to her. Other than the average morning talk of Hello and I need to get to work, nothing extra came from Thomas. He ate his breakfast, thanked Anna for making it, and then set out to work.

Anna washed the dishes from breakfast as tears fell down her cheeks. She hadn’t realized Jo had crept into the kitchen until Jo touched her shoulder, causing Anna to scream.

“I’m sorry,” Jo said. “I didn’t know you... are you crying? Sweet Anna, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” Anna quickly lied as she turned her attention back to the dishes.

Jo took Anna’s hands and moved them out of the sudsy water. She moved Anna to the side and took over.

“That’s not your job,” Anna said.

“I’ll help.”

“No!” Anna cried out. “You’re taking all the work from me then! He... he can’t love me then!”

Anna turned and lowered her head, feeling foolish for blurting out such a mean thing to a nice woman like Jo. Thankfully, Jo didn’t take it that way at all. She left the dishes and tended to Anna, walking her to the dining room and sitting her down.

“I’m so sorry for that,” Anna said. “I shouldn’t have said that to you.”

“No, I understand,” Jo said. “Was last night... not okay?”

“It was amazing,” Anna said. “For me. But Thomas...”

“Don’t think a thing about it,” Jo said.

“I can’t give him what he wants. Or Thomas Jr. what he needs.”

Jo closed her mouth and nodded. Anna could see in Jo’s eyes that she knew exactly what Anna meant.

“And what if Thomas wants a bigger family? What am I do to then?”

“Who says you can’t have a bigger family?” Jo asked.

“I was married for a year without a baby,” Anna said.

“That may not have been your doing,” Jo said. “Do you have faith?”

“Yes, I do.”

“That’s all you need, sweet Anna. You and Thomas are meant to be. Let it be.”

That’s what Anna needed to hear. She collected herself and her tears and spent the rest of the day as the wife she wanted to be. She took care of the house, the cooking, and even took care of Thomas Jr. in every way God allowed her. Jo only took the baby when he needed nourishment.

The days and nights soon began to move faster than Anna thought they would.

The days were long and hard sometimes, but Anna forged through them. She took care of everything Thomas needed and wanted, usually doing so without him saying a word about a thing. She noticed he didn’t like to ask for things, but he appreciated everything she did. He took to touching her hands at any opportunity they were free and they shared moments in bed together, but each time it ended, Thomas always left the room.

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