Knox by Kathi S. Barton

Author:Kathi S. Barton [Barton, Kathi S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-12-03T14:53:48+00:00

Chapter 6

Elaine had seventy-four stitches in her head, with all three wounds. And more than that, throughout her body. She’d been dragged across the parking lot a couple of times when he’d tried to get her to his car. Also, she had a cast on her wrist. The rest of her body felt like it had gone a few rounds with a fighter, and she knew that to be true. Since she couldn’t see out of her eyes, she had to wonder what she looked like right now. She’d bet that it wasn’t pretty.

“I have your lunch here, Elaine. It’s not much, just some broth, but the doctor said you were to eat as much of it as you could when you could.” She said that she’d try. “That’s my girl.”

She couldn’t understand that every time she woke up, Knox was here. Not that she’d ask him that. She loved that he was here for her when she woke up from a nightmare. He would soothe her to the point where she was feeling better, then talk to her about what was going on around the town. Never mentioning David or what had happened at the school lot. She loved him for that. Finally getting up the nerve, she asked him why he was spending so much time with her.

“You want me to be honest?” She said that she didn’t want him to lie to her. It wouldn’t be a good friendship if he lied to her about something like this. “I’ve fallen in love with you. I don’t know if it’s the forever kind of love, I believe it is, but since I’ve never been in love before, I have no way of knowing. But I do love you. With all my heart.”

“You don’t know me that well.” He said he understood that too and knows that he didn’t. “But you still say that you love me.”

“I do. Very much so.” He took her injured hand into his and kissed her fingers. “You’re right, I don’t know you well, but I find that I want to know you. I want to know all about you and what you did growing up. You make me want to be with you all the time because when I’m not with you, I’m thinking about being with you. Understand?”

“No. You are a very wealthy man, Knox. Not the sort of man who hangs out with teachers. Well, I guess I’m an ex-teacher now. Did I tell you that I turned in my resignation? I’m sure after this, they’ve accepted it.” He said that, as far as the board was concerned, she was still a teacher at the kindergarten level. “I don’t understand that either. I guess I will have to wait until I’m better before I’m able to figure things out for myself.”

She put up her hand to touch Knox and felt his face beneath her fingers. He had shaved, his mustache just beneath her fingertips. She could feel the smoothness of his cheeks and nose.

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