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“A new church?” Nova asked. “Why are you thinking about that?”
Though the question should have been pointed at Wynona, she was looking at Tucker, which he didn’t understand.
“We’renotthinking about it.”
“You’ve heard of cowboy church, right?” Wynona said to Nova.
“I haven’t, actually.”
“It’s like an outreach church, but we meet in a barn and we do stuff outdoors and we have events and it’s just like cowboy stuff but for Jesus.”
Nova laughed and looked at Gunner. “Would they let you bring your goats to church?”
Gunner shook his head firmly. “Absolutely not.”
Nova looked at Tucker. “So, what’s the problem?”
“We already have a church,” Tucker said sternly, trying not to sound like a jerk. “And there are plenty of churches in West Hope already.”
“And there are plenty of cowboys who don’t go to church,” Wynona shot back.
He was so tired of this conversation. He’d been having it for weeks. She was planning to wear him down into submission.
But Wynona was on a roll because she had a different audience today. She looked at Gunner. “What do you think? We would need a barn?”
It took Gunner a few seconds to realize what she was asking. “Absolutely not.”
Wynona laughed, as if she had been expecting that. “Why not?”
“My barn is full of goats.”
“What about the old barn?” Wynona pushed.
Tucker tried to get her attention to beg her with his eyes to stop pestering Gunner.
“You don’t do much with that barn, right?” Wynona said.
“That barn is full of cobwebs and junk. It’s not a nice barn. It’s an old barn. What about the Honeywoods’ barn?”
“I thought of that,” Wynona said, startling Tucker. She had? “But I think their barn would betoonice. We don’t want people to think we’re uppity.”
Tucker snickered. He couldn’t believe she was this far along in her brainstorming to worry about cowboys finding her uppity. And was there even such a thing as an uppity barn?
“Is a lack of a barn what’s stopping you?” Nova asked.
Wynona answered quickly, “Nothing is stopping us. I’m having trouble convincing Tucker, and obviously we don’t have a pastor yet. We’re just in the planning stages right now.”
Nova looked at Gunner. “I can clean out the barn. It would be good.”
Gunner gave her a soft expression that Tucker wasn’t familiar with. “Please don’t make me do this.”
Nova laughed. “Okay.” She looked at Wynona. “Give me some time, but don’t count on his barn.”
And don’t count on a cowboy church at all, Tucker thought.
Chapter 40
Colton lowered the phone from his ear and looked around the large room for his wife. She saw his expression and headed his way. “What is it?”
