Rapunzel Untangled by Cindy C. Bennett

Author:Cindy C. Bennett [Bennett, Cindy C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, Contemporary, Mystery
ISBN: 9781462111565
Publisher: Cedar Fort, Inc.
Published: 2013-02-11T23:00:00+00:00

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Several days crawled by before Rapunzel felt strong enough to get out of bed unassisted. Henreich had come the day before and removed the tubing from her arm, explaining the IV and its function. She shuddered with horror as she watched the long tube sliding out of her, where it had been embedded beneath her skin.

She wanted to shower. Her mother or Henreich had been by her side constantly, and this was the first time she’d been left alone. Gratefully, shakily, she rose from the bed and slowly made her way to the bathroom. She avoided looking at herself in the mirror, having seen how awful she looked the last few times she’d been in here with her mother’s help.

She dropped her pajamas from her sunken body and climbed into the shower, reveling in the feel of the warm water as it sluiced across her body. She stood for long minutes, letting it soothe her before beginning the arduous process of washing her hair.

Half an hour later she emerged, exhausted but refreshed. She toweled dry and had just finished pulling on gym shorts and a T-shirt when her mother returned.

“Rapunzel! What are you doing out of bed?” Her mother hurried over, fluttering around her.

“I needed to shower,” she said. “I feel much better now.”

“You must get back to bed, right away.”

“Can’t I just sit on the couch for a while?”

“No.” Her mother’s tone didn’t allow for argument. “You must rest and get better. You need to lie down. Cook will soon bring your dinner.”

Rapunzel allowed herself to be led back to the bed. Her dinner came, which her mother stayed to watch her eat. She didn’t have much of an appetite and wasn’t able to eat much, but her mother seemed pleased and left her alone to sleep.

But Rapunzel didn’t want to sleep. She was bored. She was restless.

She wanted to talk to Fane.

An hour later her mother returned and Rapunzel pretended to be asleep. Satisfied, her mother left and Rapunzel, betting her mother wouldn’t return again, rose from her bed and made her way to her computer.

It took a few minutes for it to boot up. When it did, she quickly connected to the Internet and signed in to Facebook. He wasn’t online.

She saw that she had messages and clicked on the little icon. Message after message from Fane appeared. They began with a lighthearted tone and quickly became worried.

Hey, Rapunzel, just wanted to say how much fun I had at the Halloween party with you. You were definitely the hottest girl there. (Yes, I can see you blushing.)

Just wondering where you’ve been? Guess we keep missing one another. Maybe we should set a time. Tell me when you can be on, and I’ll be here. Anything for the hot girl.

Are you avoiding me? Cuz I know where you live, hahaha. Okay, sorry, that was a little creepy. But seriously, where are you?

Hey, are you mad at me? If I did something wrong, please tell me. I miss you.

Okay. Now I’m seriously worried.

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