Kane by Douglas Cheryl

Author:Douglas, Cheryl
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Kane

Trying to prevent Macy from overdoing it was like trying to domesticate a wild animal—virtually impossible. Only six days after she’d been discharged from the hospital, I returned from a grocery run to find her sitting on the sofa in the family room and folding laundry.

“What are you doing?” I asked, eyeing the laundry basket. “The doctor said no heavy lifting. Hell, you shouldn’t even have gotten off the couch without my help.”

She rolled her eyes. “Please. This basket weighs a few pounds. Socks and underwear only.” She held up a pair of skimpy pink panties that made my heart kick into overdrive.

It would be weeks before the local doctor gave her the all-clear to resume “normal activities,” but that didn’t mean my mind didn’t wander now and then, wondering if she’d be interested in sharing a bed with me once the doctor said she could. We’d gotten along well since her release, talking and laughing like old friends most of the time, since we’d agreed to a truce. But I didn’t want to be just her friend. I wanted a chance at being her husband or at least her partner.

“Kendra should be by soon, right?” I’d hired the nurse to help Macy with some of the activities she didn’t want my help with, like getting in and out of the shower and redressing her wound.

“Yeah,” Macy said, glancing at her watch. “In about an hour, I think.”

“Good, that’ll give us time for lunch before she gets here.” Carrying the bags into the kitchen, I said, “You just sit and relax. I’ll bring it to you.”

“Ugh,” she said, setting the laundry basket beside the hospital-issued walker she was forced to use. “I’m getting tired of the view from this couch.”

Macy had always been an active woman who rarely stayed in the same place for more than a few days, so I didn’t take it personally that she was already itching to get out of my house. The way I saw it, she wouldn’t be able to live on her own again for a while, which gave me just enough time to convince her that leaving me would be a huge mistake.

She got up and used the walker to come into the kitchen with me. I took some peppers and mushrooms out of the fridge, intent on slicing them to go with the chicken I planned to sauté.

After I pulled a knife from the block, Macy took the vegetables from me. “Give me that. You just worry about the chicken.”

“You shouldn’t be standing that long,” I said, frowning at her. “And that stool’s too high.” I looked around for another option before setting the knife and cutting board on the table tucked into the corner of the room. “Let me wash them, and I’ll bring them over to you.”

“When are you going to stop babying me?” She pushed her walker to the table with a heavy sigh.

“Maybe I like babying you,” I said, winking at her over my shoulder. “Ever

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