Love Finds Faith by Martha Rogers

Author:Martha Rogers [Rogers, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Historical, Romance, ebook, book
ISBN: 9781621365464
Google: sWZOAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: 1621365468
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2014-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

Ruth cringed at the noise of a door being slammed. Joel and Micah must have had another disagreement. All those two had done since Micah’s return was to argue. Why did Joel have to be so stubborn? He refused to acknowledge anything was wrong. Whenever she tried to talk with him about the ranch or money, he’d hush her up real quick and tell her not to worry herself with any of that and take care of the home and their family. That may be fine for him to say, but her husband was a part of her family, and taking care of him was her first priority.

She removed her apron and sat at the table alone. Margaret was in her room, and Rose had gone out to play with pets. That brought a smile. All the animals on the ranch were Rose’s “pets.” She stood at the edge of the trail and told all the cattle good-bye as they left for market, and even cried a tear or two that they would not come back.

Rose and Margaret were two rays of sunshine in the darkness that hovered over the ranch. The shadow had been there for a while, but it become dark and foreboding when Micah returned and Levi left. Joel’s health continued to decline, but he refused to admit it and hadn’t been in to see the doctor since he’d been told he had a heart problem. He’d finally shared that with her, but her husband still held too many secrets from her, secrets she’d already discovered with her own intuition.

With her head bowed, Ruth clasped her hands, sadness nibbling at her heart. Why did men have to be so stubborn and not want to admit when something was wrong? The stress of the arguments with Micah, Levi’s departure, and the problems with the ranch did nothing to improve Joel’s condition. Still he plowed ahead in determination to make things happen on his own.

A shadow appeared across the table, and she raised her head. “Oh, Micah, I heard the door slam. What happened?”

Micah slumped into the chair across from her. “Same old thing. Pa won’t listen to anything I have to say. I have some ideas of how to save on costs, but he won’t sit still long enough to hear me out.”

She reached across the table with both hands and clasped his. “Pa has a lot on his mind what with Levi being gone and the worry about money as well as his . . . ” She stopped before she let the information about Joel’s health slip from her tongue. He’d be angry to know she even said this much.

“You know about the losses and the debt we’ve accumulated?”

“Of course I do, not in detail, but in general. Joel thinks I don’t pay attention to what I see and hear, and he won’t tell me himself. He keeps telling me not to worry and take care of things here in the house, but I can read between the lines.

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