Sandover Beach Week by Emma St. Clair

Author:Emma St. Clair [St. Clair, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Once they got to the station, Jimmy was thrilled that Emily wanted a tour first thing. He was proud of where he worked and loved that she was interested. Except that she was still really limping.

“But your toes,” Jimmy said. He didn’t want to have to watch her hobbling around. She was always too tough for her own good.

“I can limp around this station,” Emily said. “It’s not huge and I’m not a baby. Plus you said there wasn’t much I could do for them.”

“Ice and elevate,” Jimmy said.

She rolled her eyes. “After I see the station. I’ve never been in one, if you can believe that.”

Beau grinned. “Jimmy, just be her crutch. Let her lean on you. If need be, carry her like you did in the parking lot. She can’t weigh more than a buck twenty.”

Jimmy gave Beau a look Emily couldn’t see. Subtle, man. Beau just raised his eyebrows and kept smiling.

“Let me tape them up first,” Jimmy said.

He helped Emily to a seat in the bay after they parked the truck. Beau and Robbie carried up the groceries while Jimmy found a roll of duct tape. He knelt at her feet and propped her heel on his knee. Tenderly he began to tape the two swollen toes together.

“Really? Duct tape? I thought you were, like, trained.”

“Believe it or not, I’ve found that this works better than the athletic or first-aid tape. Is this too tight?”

She touched his shoulder and it sent a wave of awareness through his body. “It feels good. Thank you.”

Nervous, he found his mouth firing off facts. “This is called buddy taping. You may need to change it out, but it’s safe to shower and everything else. If you re-tape it, I put a cotton ball in there, which will help keep your skin from getting irritated. In probably about six weeks, you won’t feel it anymore. Until then, you can just do whatever activity level you’re comfortable with, but for the next few days, ice and elevate. And rest.”

He looked up to find that she was grinning at him.

Beau and Robbie came back from upstairs. “Ready for the tour?” Beau said. He gave Emily a hand and she got to her feet. Jimmy put away the duct tape.

“Okay, Crutch. Get over here,” Emily called.

Jimmy stepped closer and she leaned into him, wrapping her arms around his waist. He slung his arm around her, pulling her even closer.

“That’s better,” Emily said. “Now. Show me all the things.”

Robbie trailed along with Beau and Jimmy. He was not subtle in checking Emily out and Jimmy felt a surge of anger. He’d make sure Robbie heard about it later.

“There’s no pole?” Emily said. “I was kind of excited about the pole.”

“Most stations don’t have them anymore,” Beau said.

“That’s a shame.” Emily said.

“You know your way around a pole?” Robbie said this with the maximum amount of innuendo.

Kill him. Jimmy’s thoughts were immediately rage-filled to the point he couldn’t even speak. He’d felt flashes of this before when guys had openly ogled Emily, but had never heard someone make a comment like this.

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