I'll Be Watching You by Tina Wainscott

Author:Tina Wainscott [Wainscott, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945143748
Publisher: Written Musings

Billy Bob and Clem were loaded into the back of the car in cuffs once everyone had had their say.

“You sure you all don’t want to see a doctor?” Dave asked before he got into his vehicle.

They all nodded and watched him drive off. Each of them turned to the others and asked simultaneously, “You all right?” They laughed, and Kim never knew how good it felt to laugh until then. She knelt down to scratch Oscar’s back. “I’d pull out the first-aid kit, but it doesn’t have much in it. I haven’t had a chance to refill it.”

Zell said, “You’re both coming back to my place. I have a complete kit at home.”

She was too tired and achy to think better of going to Zell’s place. Besides, Smitty would be there, too.

As they gathered up their things, Smitty said, “I’m gonna go on home.”

“No, you’re not,” Zell said. “You got quite a knock on the head. You’re coming with us. You can ride with me or drive behind me.” That he said to both of them.

“I’ll drive,” they both said, though she really wanted to sit back and let him drive. Then Zell would have to drive her back here to get her truck.

“I’ll be right back,” she said, enjoying in a sick kind of way how Zell followed her into the bar to make sure she was all right. Sick because she didn’t need a man looking after her, and she shouldn’t like Zell being the man who was looking after her. She grabbed an unopened bottle of Captain Morgan and locked the door. “I presume you have root beer at home.”

“I also have spiced rum.”

“Well, this one’s on me.”

A few minutes later, they pulled up in front of Zell’s octagon home. She was somewhat heartened to see the stuffed alligator still standing sentry on the small entrance porch. Smitty took several steps back when he saw it. Even Oscar wasn’t too sure; he backed right up into Smitty, sending him staggering farther backward.

“It’s stuffed, Smitty,” Zell said on a laugh. “Keeps the salesmen away, though.”

Smitty took a closer look at it. “That’s Elva’s gator, isn’t it?”

“I gave it to Zell, sort of a peace offering for kicking him out of my bar. Who knew I’d need him to rescue me so many times?”

Zell opened the door and stepped aside. “I’m just a regular hero nowadays.”

She felt a hitch in her chest at the sight of him, still banged up from the last scuffle and now with a few new scratches. “I’m sorry, Zell.” There, that hadn’t been so bad. It had come out all on its own and made her feel a little bit better.

“Hey, I’m the one who drove by to make sure they weren’t hanging around. It was my choice.”

She suspected it went deeper than being a choice with Zell. He felt compelled to protect her—only because she was a woman, she quickly reminded herself when something close to adulation started filling her chest. She walked inside the house and came to a stop.

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