The Player (Redeeming a bad boy Book 2) by Nicola Marsh

Author:Nicola Marsh [Marsh, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parlance Press
Published: 2024-06-17T00:00:00+00:00

An hour later, Liza had bathed Cindy, assisted with her stretches, and helped her painstakingly make a batch of choc-chip muffins.

Every task took double the time with Cindy’s clawed elbow and hand but that never stopped her sister from trying anything. At nineteen, her sister planned on opening a digital store selling printable products and had spent countless hours over the last year researching meticulously what that entailed. Liza’s admiration knew no bounds and whenever she felt her patience fraying she tried to put herself in Cindy’s shoes.

Being a carer over the years had been tough, but imagine being on the receiving end. Being dependent on others for activities of daily living that everyone took for granted. Needing help with bathing and dressing, cooking, and cleaning. Not to mention the never-ending rounds of therapy and medical interventions.

Liza had it easy compared to her sister and Cindy’s amazing resilience and zest for life drove her to be a better person every day.

‘Were you talking to someone outside?’

The spatula in Liza’s hand froze in mid-air, dropping a big globule of muffin mix into the baking tin involuntarily.

‘No one important,’ she said, concentrating on filling the tin while Cindy popped choc chips into her mouth and chewed slowly.

‘Sounded like a guy.’ Cindy finished chewing and started making smooching noises.

Uh-oh. Shar had said they’d been busy in the kitchen when she’d arrived home but what if Cindy had seen that kiss?

‘You should have a boyfriend,’ Cindy said, her wobbly grin endearing. ‘A proper one this time, not like those loser sports guys.’

Liza loved that about Cindy, her insightfulness. Most people saw the wheelchair and her physical disfigurement and assumed she was brain-damaged too. While some with cerebral palsy did suffer a degree of brain injury, Cindy had been lucky that way and she often made pronouncements that would’ve shocked most scholars.

‘I’m too busy with my new job to date, sweetie.’

A half-truth, because the guy who wanted to date her happened to work alongside her. It could be convenient…if she lost her mind.

No, having Wade practically invite himself in sixty minutes ago reinforced she was doing the right thing in keeping things between them platonic. She didn’t want to let him into her life, into Cindy’s life, when there was no future.

While Cindy never talked about their folks abandoning them, it would’ve hurt. The last thing she needed was Cindy bonding with Wade only to have him head back to London.

She wouldn’t do that to herself—or Cindy.

‘I have a boyfriend.’

Liza smiled, having been alerted to Cindy’s latest crush via Shar. ‘You do?’

Cindy nodded. ‘Liam Hemsworth. He’s hot.’

‘Personally, I prefer Chris.’

‘No way.’ Cindy popped another choc chip in her mouth. ‘Though I guess that would work out well. They’re brothers, we’re sisters. Perfect.’

Liza laughed as she opened the oven door and popped the muffins inside. ‘Tell you what. You do another ten hamstring stretches and I’ll watch The Hunger Games with you again for the umpteenth time.’

‘Deal.’

As Cindy manoeuvred her wheelchair into the next room, Liza pondered her sister’s observation.

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