Mark parked his Harley in front of the bar and walked in. He seen Glen and waved at him as he stopped at the bar and ordered a beer. He took his beer and sat down. "So does being on the rode agree with you after all this time?" Glenn asked. "Not to bad I was getting board setting at home." Mark said. "You stayed longer than I thought. At first you told Vince 3 months and you ended up working 7." Glen said. "Yea well nothing else to do." Mark said. "Did you ever find out who stole your cell phone?" Glen said. "No I had it deactivated and had my calls rerouted to the house. I'll probably have a million messages on the machine when I get home. Hell that was four months ago. I guess I need to get another one. Kind of nice to be without one now though. Get tired of it ringing all the time." He said. "Well Glen I know your pulling out tonight. It's been fun buddy. But I'm heading home." Mark said. "Okay. I'll call ya." Glen said shaking his hand. Mark walked out and took off for home.
Jenna put the pot of stew on the table. She put her hand behind her back to rub it. "Honey your back bothering you." Helen said. "Yes you know how it is." Jenna said smiling. "Toby come to dinner." Jenna called. Toby came running in. He had just turned 5 and he was something else. He ran over and pulled out the chair for Jenna and took her hand to help her set down. Jenna laughed. "I'm not sick Toby." She said laughing. Toby put his hand on her belly and bent down. "Hey little baby. It's me your uncle." He said. Jenna smiled and tousled his hair. He was so sweet. Nobody was more shocked than her to find out she was pregnant. She had cried her eyes out for the first few weeks. As usual Helen had been there for her. Jenna had finally told her about Mark. Helen had encouraged her to call him and tell him. It had taken her 4 months to get the courage to call. His calls were being rerouted to his house. She had left a message for him to call her. She had never heard back from him. So once again her heart was broke. She figured he didn't want to talk to her. She had cried for a while and then decided she would do what she always did. Survive. She was going to be the best mother she could be. At least she had a small part of Mark no one could take away. She was 8 months along and not to much longer to go. She smiled at least Toby was excited. "Jenna you okay." Helen asked. "yes." She said smiling and began to eat. "Have you heard from him yet?" Helen asked. "No. And I don't think I will." She said. Helen smiled and patted Jenna's hand. "Don't worry honey. You got me and Toby." Helen said. "Yea I will teach the baby everything." He said grinning. Jenna smiled at them. She had her family she would be fine. But in a tiny place deep inside she held out hope that she would have Mark someday too.
Mark came in and took a shower. He put on some sweats and fell back on the couch to relax. It was good to be home. He turned on the answering machine to play the messages. He looked god there must be over a hundred on here he thought. He closed his eyes as he listened to the play back. He was almost asleep when he popped straight up. "Mark it's me Jenna. I don't mean to bother you. I just kind of wanted to talk to you. Umm call me when you get a chance. Bye." Just hearing her sweet voice sent chills down his spine. He checked the date 3 months ago. He replayed the message. She sounded weird like she was upset or something. He went through the rest of the messages. That was the only one from her. Damn why hadn't he called her. When he didn't hear from her he assumed she had moved on and forgot about him. Mark thought about her. Her memory hadn't diminished a bit. He still thought about her often. He pulled out the paper with her number. Wait he had her address too. He made a snap decision. Mark picked up the phone and called the airline. "Yes hello. I need a ticket going straight into Greensboro, North Carolina for as soon as possible." He said. "Tomorrow night, yes that's fine." He said. Mark made the reservation and hung up. He hoped he wasn't making a mistake. Hell she might be married or something by now. A lot could happen in 8 months. But he heard something in her voice. He knew he wasn't imaging it. And besides all it took was hearing her sweet voice and he knew he had to see her. He smiled at the thought. Yea he would surprise her.
Jenna sat in the rocking chair in the nursery rocking slowly. The lights were off and she was thinking of the night she spent with Mark. She couldn't regret it. And she didn't regret this child. She caressed her belly. "I love you little one." She whispered. She got up and went to her bedroom and lay down. "Mark I love you wherever you are." She said.