Genna pulled her damp blonde hair into a high ponytail while admiring her husband’s reflection in the mirror. The way his gray eyes shined under the bright lights surrounding the mirror covered her skin in goosebumps. Ten years of marriage and he still made her weak in the knees. Too bad there wasn’t time to enjoy the feelings. “Are the girls about done eating? I want to clean the kitchen before I go to work.”
Jake slipped his arms around her waist. “I’ll take care of the cleanup. He pulled back the thin collar band on Genna’s loose fitting nurse’s uniform and kissed her neck. “I’m gonna miss having you next to me tonight.
Genna hated the way she looked in scrubs almost as much as she hated working triage. She didn’t know which was worse working twelve-hour shifts and being away from her family, or having three days off then leaving them just as they were getting used to having her around and awake for more than a few days at a time. “After I get my physician’s assistant license I’ll land a cushy job in a clinic and all these twelve-hour shifts will be a horrible memory.
“From your lips to God’s ear.” He reached around her and turned off the water dripping faucet. “The damn thing’s stripped bare.”
“Call the landlord.” Genna slipped out from between Jake and the sink.
“I did—two weeks ago.”
“Tell him to fix it or we’ll find another apartment.”
“Do you know where we can find another two-bedroom apartment, that we can afford, that’s right in the middle of our two jobs?”
“I can look around,” she said knowing there was nothing.
“If we moved to Morgansville we’d be able to live on Dad’s farm.”
Genna kissed her husband’s back. “One more year, Jake. I’ll have my PA license in another year, then we can talk about moving.”
The decision to go back to school and work didn’t come easily for either of them. School took up most of Genna’s time and forced her to work the evening shift, as the classes started at nine a.m. This meant the only time she had with her daughters was at dinner when she was waking up and they were eating and getting ready for bed.
She loved nursing, and as a licensed practical nurse, she was paid well. But PA’s were allowed their own patients. Genna’s ultimate goal was to become a doctor and open her own pediatric clinic. She sighed. That dream was still a few years off—more than a few.
Jake turned around. “I’m holdin’ you to that.”
Genna didn’t want to move to northern Florida, but Tampa was getting too big. They visited Jake’s dad’s farm—the place where Jake grew up—at least twice a year, on Christmas and during the summer. The whole family loved the freedom the place provided. Genna loved the beach, but she couldn’t deny the rationality of taking the family out of the city.
Change of Plans Description:
Genna Swanson–mother, wife, and nurse with big plans for her and her family’s future. When things go awry those plans change and she finds herself working towards what’s really important–making sure her girls don’t grow up without a mother. But her choice, Emily Ryan, has other plans.
When Emily befriended Genna Swanson she had no idea what she was getting into. Once having a school girl crush on Genna’s husband, Jake, all those feelings were long buried. Or were they? Then Genna suggested that Emily get to know Jake better.
Genna wants Emily to take her place in the family. Emily knows what the Swansons need is Genna back in their lives.
