title: Why Doesn't She Just Leave?
author: Lisa Moss
description: Lisa Moss holds a Masters degree and teaches in a public high school. She divorced her abusive husband and is raising her children in a loving, peaceful home.
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  **“Are you planning to stay?”**
  
   **Rob asked.**
  
  Kate couldn’t read his face, but his voice held a harsh, demanding tone.
  
  She stopped and considered her answer.
  
  “I am looking for a job here, something to keep me busy for a few weeks and
  make me a little money, but I don’t plan to stay after Abby’s recovered.”
  
  This time she could read his expression.
  
  Relief, pure and simple.
  
  “Does it matter to you? If I stay or if I leave?”
  
  “Not a bit.”
  
  But it did. She didn’t need to be a crack investigative reporter to recognize
  that Rob cared greatly whether she stayed or left.
  
  And he favored her departure, most likely as soon as possible.
  
  **Books by Jane Myers Perrine** Love Inspired
  
  _The Path to Love_
  
  _Love’s Healing Touch_
  
  _Deep in the Heart_
  
  _**JANE MYERS PERRINE**_
  
  grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, has a B.A. from Kansas State University and
  has an M.Ed. in Spanish from the University of Louisville. She has taught
  high-school Spanish in five states. She