The Ways of Heaven by Lindsey Barlow

Author:Lindsey Barlow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: inspirational romance;christian romance;western romance;Shanna Hatfield;Denise Hunter;Rachel Hauck;Becky Wade;Susan May Warren;Beverly Lewis;Francine Rivers;Karen Witemyer;Brooke St. James;colorado;historical fiction;mountains;ranch;deputy
Publisher: Light Messages Publishing
Published: 2018-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Five

Cade had felt nervous before: The first time a gun was pointed at him. His first court trial. Most firsts. Yet he felt like vomiting as he walked towards the Castles’s home framed with its oak trees and flower garden. What would Rose say? What would Clark and Anna say? He had promised to take care of their only child, and he had done just the opposite.

Now he was approaching them, ready to ask them for something absurd. He swallowed and rubbed the back of his neck.

“I’ll say what the men are saying,” Jeffries assured him. Cade nodded in thanks.

“She’ll say no,” Cade rubbed the nape of his neck. “I know Rose. She has patience, but once she has made up her mind about something, there is no convincing her otherwise.”

Jeffries nodded, knowing this to be true. “Then I suggest you say a prayer,” he winked, opening the door.

The two men walked towards the kitchen where they could hear Clark laughing at something Anna was saying. Cade paused before walking through the doorway. He felt sick and his heart pounded. He was desperate enough to have the sheer audacity of coming here, let alone approaching Rose’s parents, but desperation did not exactly make things easy.

“Jeffries, is that you?” Clark called out. “Come on in.”

Jeffries gave Cade a firm nod and walked through the door.

“Jeffries, Anna just said the most—” Clark’s voice stopped as he eyed Cade. Anna turned from the stove, her blue eyes growing wide and her pretty face blank.

“What in heaven’s name are you doing here?” Clark said through gritted teeth. “You haven’t caused enough trouble and heartache for my daughter?”

Cade took the verbal blow. It was, after all, the truth. Lowering his eyes, he said calmly, “I am not here to cause any trouble, Mr. Castle. If anything, I wish to remedy the situation.”

Clark huffed. “You can remedy it by divorcing her. You did go through with the divorce, right?”

Cade inwardly cringed but looked up without any regret or chagrin in his voice and said, “No. There is no divorce.”

A little yelp escaped Anna’s lips, and she shook her head. She motioned to the table. “Do you wish to sit down, Cade?” Anna herself walked to the table and lowered herself in a chair.

“What do you mean, there’s no divorce?” Clark growled. “Are you refusing Rose’s rights?”

Cade remained standing. “No, sir. I simply would like this marriage to work.”

“If you really felt that way you would have stayed away from the gambling houses.”

Cade felt the shame stirring within him like a viper rising from sleep. It was a vicious cycle: shame led to gambling and gambling led to shame.

“I am not disagreeing with you, sir. I simply would like Rose to give me another chance.”

Clark laughed ruefully and shook his head. “You give me one darn good reason why she should.”

This time it was Jeffries who stepped forward, “Because there is talk, Clark.”

Clark’s narrowed eyes slid reluctantly away from Cade resting with ease on Jeffries. “What kind of talk?”

“Ugly talk,” Jeffries explained.

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