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happening.” She gave him a frank look, her lips curved upward gently. “But for some reason I get the feeling that when you set your mind to something you make it happen.”
Thoughts of the crash flashed across his mind. He rubbed his temple but it didn’t ease the throbbing behind his eyes. “Yeah, that’s me. I get it done.”
Chapter Six
“S o how are y’all getting along?” Seth asked Wyatt on the second day after Amanda’s arrival. He’d insisted on bringing the tractor over to smooth out the ground destroyed by the hogs.
Fighting a spasm shooting through him from his hip, Wyatt hid a grimace from Seth. “We get along fine.”
Seth didn’t look impressed by his answer. “Fine? I don’t like the sound of that. Are you still giving her a hard time?”
“We’ll be fine, Seth. Stop worrying. If she doesn’t get herself killed acting impulsively like she did last night.”
“What did she do?”
“She came out of her trailer when all the hogs were in the yard.”
Seth looked alarmed. “Why would she do a fool thing like that? She could have fallen—” He clamped his mouth shut midsentence and frowned. “Did she tell you about her accident?”
“You mean being hit by a drunk driver?” Wyatt asked, wondering what was wrong with Seth.
“Yeah,” Seth said. “What did she say?”
“That she was hurt badly—almost killed—and had to be homeschooled.”
“Did she say what her injuries were?”
“No. I didn’t ask her to elaborate. I’m sure if she’d wanted to talk about it she would have told me. That must have been horribly traumatic for a kid her age.” He knew what he was going through with his nightmares. “Why, did you read about it in her file?”
Seth looked angry. “Yeah. She didn’t have any business out there with those hogs.”
Wyatt felt remorse. “I can’t let her take all the blame. I was on the porch and one of them headed my way. She thought I was about to be run over by the thing and I guess she thought she could save me.”
“What were you thinking? You’re in a wheelchair, Wyatt. And she could have really been hurt. That’s a little different than when you, me and Cole used to hunt those things. What were you planning to do? Play chicken with them? Wrestle them with one arm?”
Maybe he shouldn’t have admitted his guilt and avoided this dose of reality. He hadn’t had a clue what he was going to do once he got out there… “I’d have handled it,” he snapped. “The important thing was that Amanda came charging out there in the middle of them and could have been injured—she could have gotten knocked down. At least they were too busy trying to get away to hurt her. Still, the crazy one that was coming at me could have turned on her.”
“So I guess you jumped her pretty bad?”
“Not too bad. But she doesn’t take criticism too well.”
“Ha!” Seth laughed. “You and her have something in common.”
Wyatt shot him a scowl.
“It’s true and you know it.”
“She’s not happy that I’m working, either.”
“She tell you that?”
“She might as well have. It was written all over her face the moment she found out.”
A wide grin spread across Seth’s face along with a teasing glint that could only be described as a Turner trait through and through. “Why does this woman bug you so much? You are irritated about everything having to do with her.”
Wyatt prickled. “Hey, you and Cole were the ones that hired her. I still don’t know what you two knuckleheads were thinking. She’s too young. And for the most part, she’s only worked with kids. She is totally not right for this job. The hog incident proved that. And yet she’s here. Why is that?”
“Because, big bro, we had hired someone else who had to back out for family reasons. Amanda was—well, bluntly, she was a last resort. But her boss assured us that she was far more capable than the other physical therapist to handle your case. So we took her.
Thoughts of the crash flashed across his mind. He rubbed his temple but it didn’t ease the throbbing behind his eyes. “Yeah, that’s me. I get it done.”
Chapter Six
“S o how are y’all getting along?” Seth asked Wyatt on the second day after Amanda’s arrival. He’d insisted on bringing the tractor over to smooth out the ground destroyed by the hogs.
Fighting a spasm shooting through him from his hip, Wyatt hid a grimace from Seth. “We get along fine.”
Seth didn’t look impressed by his answer. “Fine? I don’t like the sound of that. Are you still giving her a hard time?”
“We’ll be fine, Seth. Stop worrying. If she doesn’t get herself killed acting impulsively like she did last night.”
“What did she do?”
“She came out of her trailer when all the hogs were in the yard.”
Seth looked alarmed. “Why would she do a fool thing like that? She could have fallen—” He clamped his mouth shut midsentence and frowned. “Did she tell you about her accident?”
“You mean being hit by a drunk driver?” Wyatt asked, wondering what was wrong with Seth.
“Yeah,” Seth said. “What did she say?”
“That she was hurt badly—almost killed—and had to be homeschooled.”
“Did she say what her injuries were?”
“No. I didn’t ask her to elaborate. I’m sure if she’d wanted to talk about it she would have told me. That must have been horribly traumatic for a kid her age.” He knew what he was going through with his nightmares. “Why, did you read about it in her file?”
Seth looked angry. “Yeah. She didn’t have any business out there with those hogs.”
Wyatt felt remorse. “I can’t let her take all the blame. I was on the porch and one of them headed my way. She thought I was about to be run over by the thing and I guess she thought she could save me.”
“What were you thinking? You’re in a wheelchair, Wyatt. And she could have really been hurt. That’s a little different than when you, me and Cole used to hunt those things. What were you planning to do? Play chicken with them? Wrestle them with one arm?”
Maybe he shouldn’t have admitted his guilt and avoided this dose of reality. He hadn’t had a clue what he was going to do once he got out there… “I’d have handled it,” he snapped. “The important thing was that Amanda came charging out there in the middle of them and could have been injured—she could have gotten knocked down. At least they were too busy trying to get away to hurt her. Still, the crazy one that was coming at me could have turned on her.”
“So I guess you jumped her pretty bad?”
“Not too bad. But she doesn’t take criticism too well.”
“Ha!” Seth laughed. “You and her have something in common.”
Wyatt shot him a scowl.
“It’s true and you know it.”
“She’s not happy that I’m working, either.”
“She tell you that?”
“She might as well have. It was written all over her face the moment she found out.”
A wide grin spread across Seth’s face along with a teasing glint that could only be described as a Turner trait through and through. “Why does this woman bug you so much? You are irritated about everything having to do with her.”
Wyatt prickled. “Hey, you and Cole were the ones that hired her. I still don’t know what you two knuckleheads were thinking. She’s too young. And for the most part, she’s only worked with kids. She is totally not right for this job. The hog incident proved that. And yet she’s here. Why is that?”
“Because, big bro, we had hired someone else who had to back out for family reasons. Amanda was—well, bluntly, she was a last resort. But her boss assured us that she was far more capable than the other physical therapist to handle your case. So we took her.
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