Hard Knox by Nicole Williams

Author:Nicole Williams [Williams, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

“THIS WAS A weight room six hours ago. What fairy godmother did you sweet talk into making this transformation?” I was standing in the doorway of the room Knox had shown me earlier—the extra bedroom that had been teeming with bars and benches and weights and every other device that I couldn’t have figured out if it was meant to take one’s sex life to the next level or just bulk up one’s deltoids.

But now? Now it looked like a fairy godmother had flicked her wand and changed the place into a warm and welcoming space for a girl who wasn’t “girly” but didn’t fit the tomboy mold either. It walked the fine line between girl and gender-neutral, and the room wasn’t only twice the size of my dorm room, it was also twice as luxurious.

My bed in the dorm had been a twin; this one had to be a queen. My bedding had been standard—not quite scratchy, but a far cry from soft. The bedding on this bed looked like it had been ripped from the pages of a swanky home store catalogue. A full-sized desk butted up against a wall, right below a window that let in glowing afternoon light. An ergonomic chair was pushed beneath the desk, and my laptop and books had already been unpacked and situated on it.

A recliner was stuffed into one of the corners. A throw and matching pillow were settled on it, and there was even a large flat-screen T.V. on the dresser across from the bed. The closet was empty—most of my boxes had been unpacked, except for a couple containing Clothes and shit—and even the gym smell had magically disappeared.

“I was at the giant-ass bed-and-bath store looking for stuff, and I didn’t know what colors you liked or didn’t like, so I gave Harlow a call, and she told me. Apparently you’re convinced pink is your arch nemesis and purple should only be found in a rainbow, so that narrowed it down.” Knox shouldered up beside me and looked inside the room with me, something like pride written on his brow.

“Blue and green. My favorites.” My smile spread when I read what the throw pillow on the chair read: Live, Love, Learn. Then get real. I probably had a shirt with something along those same lines.

“Actually, turquoise blue and verbena green. That was what my informant mentioned.”

All I could do was shake my head. “Just how in cahoots are you with Harlow?”

“I can’t answer that question,” Knox replied in a stiff, formal voice as he crossed his arms. “Breaking confidence and all—that’s bad business.”

It had been a long day, and if my shoulders weren’t aching from all of the packing and my head still in a semi-fog from last night’s water cocktail, I might not have been so willing to drop the topic. “So where’s all of the muscle-man stuff? Stuffed into the bathroom? Staggered on the roof?”

Knox crossed the bedroom toward the big window. Staring out it, he motioned me over.

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