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since that call, figuring he had gotten the message and wouldn’t be sending his ‘friend’ to him.
         This particular day he had been out helping one of the ranch hands and returned to the house a little after three. He went in through the back entrance and didn’t see the car parked in the driveway. As soon as he walked in Gretchen called him into the kitchen.
         “Wade, a girl came to the house a little while ago. She said your uncle Stanley sent her. I wasn’t sure what to do so I sent her upstairs, I hope that was alright.”
         “Where is she?” Wade asked with barely contained anger.
         “She’s in the guest room,” Gretchen said nervously.
         “Okay, thanks Gretchen,” he said as he went up the stairs.
         He found her in the room, her back turned to him as she unpacked.
         “Excuse me, but I think you should stop unpacking right now.”
         He caught her by surprise and she gasped. “I’m sorry. I was told that I could come up to this room,” she said as she turned around to face him, embarrassment coloring her cheeks.
         He looked at her face and was taken aback by her beauty. Her long red hair and emerald green eyes took his breath away, but he soon regained his composure.
         “I don’t know what my uncle told you but I never agreed to host you for any length of time. I think you should leave. I’ll talk to my uncle later.” There was no way he was going to be a party to his aunt’s deception.
         “He told me that I could come stay here for the next couple of months. I lost the lease to my apartment and I have nowhere to go,” she said as her eyes welled up.
         “I’m sorry to hear that, but you can’t stay here,” She looked at him with such innocence that he couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. He wanted to remain firm but felt himself start to waver.
         “If you send me away I don’t know where I would go.” She hadn’t even tried to look for a new apartment, figuring she could think about it when she had cleared her head a bit at the ranch.
         “Don’t you have any family?”
         “No, I don’t sir,” she lied. She would never go to her parents for help. She knew their first reaction would be to criticize her and she was in too fragile a state to hear that right now.    
         He gave it some thought and against his better judgement decided to let her stay until he could get in touch with Uncle Stanley.
         “Well, you can stay here for a day or two, until I can reach my uncle so that he can make other arrangements for you.”
         “Thank you so much,” she said sniffling.    
         He turned and walked away.
     
    ***
     
         Jenna had been taken by surprise when she saw the gorgeous man standing in front of her. He was tall, at least six foot two, with jet black hair and piercing blue eyes. His lantern jaw and day old stubble made him look like the cowboys she had only read about. He had wide shoulders and his well-worn faded jeans fit him like a glove.
         Jenna saw the look of disdain in his eyes and couldn’t understand the animosity emanating from him. When Stanley and Rose had offered her Wade’s home they had seemed so sure that it would be okay with him. Based on this assumption she made no other arrangements and if he threw her out she really had nowhere to go. She supposed that she could get a motel room for a few days but then what would she do? Nobody would rent her an apartment without a lease and she was sure she would have to look around a while before she could find something suitable anyway. She needed to save her money for the rent and security payment, she couldn’t spend it all on motel rooms.
         She decided to unpack some of her clothes for the next two days and see what would happen. As much as she didn’t want to be a burden she also hoped that Wade would change his mind. If she had had an inkling