CHAPTER 42 Ricky had a hard time understanding why he felt so protective of Jillian. If anything, shouldn’t he be curious, trying to find out if she really was pregnant or not? Then again, would it change anything? When she was ready to talk about it, she would. Right? Not my business, he told himself as he opened the side door and helped her into his pickup. If she moved out to Orchard Grove to avoid the gossip and everything else that would come from being a pregnant, unwed pastor’s daughter, he didn’t want to add to her problems. Not my business, he repeated, reminding himself that their date really hadn’t been a date after all, and the time he finally did get up the courage to ask her out for real, she’d turned him down. Not my business. It didn’t matter if Jillian never saw him

