Girl of Mine by Taylor Dean

Author:Taylor Dean [Dean, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00X6DD1V8
Publisher: Taylor Dean Books
Published: 2015-05-24T23:00:00+00:00

17

Luke and Jill

April 2003

Present Day

“Troy saved you. He saved your life,” Jill said, her voice cracking with emotion. Tears wandered down her cheeks and landed on her lap. She didn’t bother wiping them away.

“He did. While I slept, ravaged with fever, he built a platform out of branches and cord. He put me on it and he dragged me down the mountain, walking through thick snow. It took him around ten hours.”

Jill gasped. “Ten hours? I don’t know how either one of you survived it.”

“I slept through it and don’t remember much. Just motion and pain and cold and fear.”

“Were there really wolves surrounding you?”

“Just one. A lone wolf. It was tracking us.”

“Did it attack?”

“No, Troy somehow managed to scare it away.”

“What happened next?” Jill asked while contemplating the terror such an experience would evoke.

“Troy stumbled across a remote cabin. It was like finding a needle in the proverbial haystack. The man who lived there called for help.”

Jill felt utterly impressed with the actions of a twelve year old boy. “Troy did that for you. That’s incredible.”

Luke’s expression was grave. “If he hadn’t done it, I would’ve died on that mountain.”

Jill absorbed this knowledge with all it implied. “It explains so much. I always wondered why you stood by Troy’s side when he was so . . .”

“Unpleasant?”

“Well, yeah. I understand now. I’m glad you told me.”

“I can’t abandon him. I won’t abandon him.”

“No, of course not.” Luke’s loyalty was inspiring. “After all that, it’s so sad that Troy was injured later while he and his dad built the tree hou . . .” Jill stopped short.

Luke shook his head in the negative.

Jill’s eyebrows knit. “His dad died in the plane accident. Wait, I don’t understand. Troy said he hurt his legs after a chainsaw accident while building the tree house with his dad. How’s that possible?”

“The tree house was built by Troy and his dad, and me and my dad, when Troy and I were about nine years old. That’s not how Troy hurt his legs. That’s just what he tells people. It’s always been what he tells people.”

“Then how . . .” Realization dawned on Jill. “Oh no.”

Luke closed his eyes and ran his hands over his face. He continued with his story, his expression haunted and his voice low.

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