Elliott Redeemed by Scarlett Cole

Author:Scarlett Cole [Cole, Scarlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swerve
Published: 2017-08-28T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Kendalee took a deep breath as she stepped out of the hospital. She needed lunch, and though there was plenty of food to be had inside, she also needed fresh air and a chance to stretch her legs. Today she was on her own and would be for nearly a week. Elliott had packed a bag the previous evening to travel to the MTV Video Music Awards, which would take place four days from now in New York City, and do some public appearances before it. They’d said their good-byes in the shower, where he’d taken her standing, back pressed up against the wall, one foot on the floor and the other gripped in his hand around his waist. He’d attempted to kiss her good-bye discretely in the kitchen, but Nikan had found them minutes later, one of her arms pinned above her head against the oven while Elliott’s lips devoured hers. Something about the way Nikan had frowned at Elliott with a look of warning niggled at her, though Elliott had tried to laugh the whole thing off.

“Ignore him,” he’d whispered in her ear before kissing her good-bye one last time. “He’s miserable in the morning.”

She pressed her fingertips to her swollen lips. Kissing Elliott was certainly cheaper than getting fillers, and she was going to miss the way his lips, and body, felt against hers. Regardless of where this went with Elliott, she would never settle for a relationship that lacked intimacy again.

Summer was showing no signs of letting up, even as the calendar headed toward fall. It was muggy and humid as she walked along Elm Street. She turned south onto a quieter street and made a quick stop at the deli where she often picked up sandwiches and cut fruit. She walked back toward the hospital quickly, staring up at the imposing facility as she neared it. It was hard to believe that Daniel was going to be in and out of there for the next few years to deal with the effects of the burns. He might even be too old to continue treatment at SickKids by the time they were finished. And the idea that he would be an adult before everything that could be done for him was over brought tears to her eyes. While Elliott had played guitar with Daniel one visit, she’d talked to a parent whose child was in for her fourteenth surgery after her Halloween costume had caught fire on a lit pumpkin candle while she was trick-or-treating.

There were days when having her life center around the hospital ground her down, days when she probably should have prayed. She fingered the cross at her neck. Though it irritated her more than comforted her, she was reluctant to take it off. Father McLennan would no doubt have something to say about that. Perhaps he would quote that footprints poem about God carrying her right now. Well, as much as she respected the priest, he could fuck right off, because

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