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worried about her driving off by herself, but there was obviously something going on there, and she would need to speak with him about it.
    She spent a couple of hours applying for jobs online.  There were two in small towns in the area and two in Billings.  She had a feeling that Scott wouldn't want her working in Billings.
    She glanced at the clock when she was finished with her applications and went out to the truck.  She would have no problem getting lunch ready on time, as she just planned on making burgers and the meat was already thawed.  She climbed into the huge truck, happy that she didn't have to adjust the seat because she'd been the last one to drive it. 
    She practiced stopping and starting, parking and turning.  She was in the truck for over an hour before she went in to start lunch. 
    When Scott walked into the house for lunch, he could smell lunch cooking, and his bad mood melted away.  He was worried that by working outside the home, Savannah wouldn't do the things around the house that he felt needed to be done.  They didn't need the money anyway. 
    "Lunch smells good," he told her as he wandered into the kitchen, kissing her cheek. 
    "I didn't have a lot of time," she told him, "so I just made burgers and chips.  I hope that's all right." 
    He nodded.  "It sounds good to me.  We're going to need to make a run into King for groceries soon, aren't we?"  In his mind if the pantry and freezer were both full of groceries, then the meals would be better.  He loved having a wife who was cooking three meals a day.  It made him feel like he was loved, whether she said the words or not.
    "We really are.  I enjoy cooking, so it's nice to be able to do it during the summer this way."
    "What do you mean?  You won't be cooking at all during the school year?"  That couldn't be what she meant, could it?
    "Of course I don't mean that!"  She gave him a strange look.  "I will still cook all the time on the weekends, but I'll probably put a lot more meals in the crock pot before leaving for work.  I'll make simpler meals on nights that I'm working."  She loved experimenting with new recipes, and a crock pot was the best way to do it.
    "Is working more important to you than our marriage?" he asked, knowing he was being slightly belligerent but not caring at all.  His mother had cared enough about him and his father that she stayed home and kept house, making certain every meal was done before his father came in from a hard day of work.  Why couldn't his wife do the same?
    She was hurt that he'd even ask that.  "No, it's not more important, but it is important.  I enjoy what I do."
    "We don't need the money.  Can't you enjoy keeping house and cooking meals?"
    Savannah counted to ten before responding.  "I didn't go to school for four years to stay home.  After children, yes, I will embrace staying home and raising babies.  Before?  Why would I waste my time?"
    "Cooking for me is a waste of time?"
    She shook her head.  "You weren't starving to death when we married, Scott.  You kept yourself fed.  Why do I need to be the one to cook meals for you now that we're married?  Why can't you go on doing what you did before?"
    "Because you're my wife, and it's your job to do it!" Why didn't she just know that?  Wives cooked for their husbands!
    "My mother always worked, and in our house, my dad was the cook before he died.  He was a better cook than my mother, so it was his chore.  Why can't we just do what makes sense for us at any given time?  Why do we have to plan on me not working so that I can cook meals that you don't need me to cook anyway?"  Were all men this illogical?
    "You're supposed to do it out of a desire to take care of me.  Don't you have that desire?"  What kind of woman had Lachele told him to marry?  Why couldn't she see that one of the most basic things a woman did for her husband was cook for him and clean for him?
    "So what you're saying is if I work, I'll still be