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could go stay with my parents or brothers and sisters…ugh. Who am I kidding? I couldn’t stay with them. Hell, I haven’t even gotten up the courage to let them know what’s happened to me yet. They all think I’m living it up on some hillside outside of Austin.” She dismally shoo k her head .
“Why didn’t you notify them?” Jared looked bewildered. It was a good look for him – his eyebrows knitted together made his eyes stand out.
“You wouldn’t understand.”
“Try me.”
“I’m the failure. The one no one wants to talk about. And if I go to one of their houses, it will just embarrass them and remind them.”
“How many of you are there?”
“I’m the youngest of seven children and the only one who doesn’t have it all together.” She sniffed in disgust. This was not what she wanted this man to know. But what was the point in hiding from the truth?
“Wow. That’s a whole lot of family. So, why did you refuse Kristen’s offer?” Jared leaned back, resting his hands on the mattress.
“Because I don’t want to freeload off the best friend I’ve ever had, and that’s essentially what I’ll be doing for the next five weeks or so.”
“That’s what I figured.” He pushed off the bed. “Okay, it ’s settled then. You’ll come work for me.”
“You haven’t told me what it is I’ll be doing yet.” She wrinkled her nose and glared at him.
“Well, we’ll discuss it when we get back there.” He was saved from further interrogation by a nurse and a wheelchair . “Let’s go, then, shall we?”
The drive back to Giddings was long and a bit uncomfortable, but the sweet sounds of sax music filled the interior of Jared’s Jeep and she dozed on and off from the strict regimen of pain and anti-inflammatory meds she was still on .
Once she was out of the car and stretching her legs back at Jared’s property, he approached her. “Here’s my proposal. My receptionist has long since needed a vacation and since mine was prematurely terminated, I thought I could forward the phones up here and you could take my messages.”
“I don’t know a thing about the medical community.” Tabitha dismissed him.
“But you are intelligent and in desperate need of a job. So, you’ll learn quickly. Besides, there’s not much to know. Just refer new clients to my partner, Dr. Moore, and take messages. How hard could that be?” Jared kicked a couple of rocks out of his path. “You can also help me around here.”
Tabitha pointed disgustedly at her slung arm. “With what? Swatting flies?”
The harshness returned to his features. “I’m just trying to give you an out, Tabitha.”
“Honestly, no you’re not. You’re trying to make yourself feel better by assuaging your ego and relieving your sympathy for the poor charity case you got shackled with.” His eyebrows rose dangerously high up his forehead at her retort. “But, the problem is, I need the money.” She sighed in resignation. “What I don’t understand is how you’re going to justify p aying me when I owe you and Methodist hospital so much.”
“I didn’t say anything about being paid.” He smiled.
Before Tabitha could form a response, he moved off into the trees, whistling for his dog. Kristen pulled up behind Jared and bounced out. Tabitha smiled and shook her head at the foolishness.
She’d alway s loved being around Kristen f rom the moment she’d seen her hanging upside down on the monkey bars in kindergarte n. None of the other kids would even attempt to sit on the top much less hang by the knees. Then some boy had yanked one of Kristen’s golden ponytails and down she’d come, hard. But, she’d found her feet and beat that boy to a pulp before the teac hers could get her off of him.
From that day forward the two had been inseparable. They became known as the Trouble Twins – Kristen the boldly mischievous, Tabby
“Why didn’t you notify them?” Jared looked bewildered. It was a good look for him – his eyebrows knitted together made his eyes stand out.
“You wouldn’t understand.”
“Try me.”
“I’m the failure. The one no one wants to talk about. And if I go to one of their houses, it will just embarrass them and remind them.”
“How many of you are there?”
“I’m the youngest of seven children and the only one who doesn’t have it all together.” She sniffed in disgust. This was not what she wanted this man to know. But what was the point in hiding from the truth?
“Wow. That’s a whole lot of family. So, why did you refuse Kristen’s offer?” Jared leaned back, resting his hands on the mattress.
“Because I don’t want to freeload off the best friend I’ve ever had, and that’s essentially what I’ll be doing for the next five weeks or so.”
“That’s what I figured.” He pushed off the bed. “Okay, it ’s settled then. You’ll come work for me.”
“You haven’t told me what it is I’ll be doing yet.” She wrinkled her nose and glared at him.
“Well, we’ll discuss it when we get back there.” He was saved from further interrogation by a nurse and a wheelchair . “Let’s go, then, shall we?”
The drive back to Giddings was long and a bit uncomfortable, but the sweet sounds of sax music filled the interior of Jared’s Jeep and she dozed on and off from the strict regimen of pain and anti-inflammatory meds she was still on .
Once she was out of the car and stretching her legs back at Jared’s property, he approached her. “Here’s my proposal. My receptionist has long since needed a vacation and since mine was prematurely terminated, I thought I could forward the phones up here and you could take my messages.”
“I don’t know a thing about the medical community.” Tabitha dismissed him.
“But you are intelligent and in desperate need of a job. So, you’ll learn quickly. Besides, there’s not much to know. Just refer new clients to my partner, Dr. Moore, and take messages. How hard could that be?” Jared kicked a couple of rocks out of his path. “You can also help me around here.”
Tabitha pointed disgustedly at her slung arm. “With what? Swatting flies?”
The harshness returned to his features. “I’m just trying to give you an out, Tabitha.”
“Honestly, no you’re not. You’re trying to make yourself feel better by assuaging your ego and relieving your sympathy for the poor charity case you got shackled with.” His eyebrows rose dangerously high up his forehead at her retort. “But, the problem is, I need the money.” She sighed in resignation. “What I don’t understand is how you’re going to justify p aying me when I owe you and Methodist hospital so much.”
“I didn’t say anything about being paid.” He smiled.
Before Tabitha could form a response, he moved off into the trees, whistling for his dog. Kristen pulled up behind Jared and bounced out. Tabitha smiled and shook her head at the foolishness.
She’d alway s loved being around Kristen f rom the moment she’d seen her hanging upside down on the monkey bars in kindergarte n. None of the other kids would even attempt to sit on the top much less hang by the knees. Then some boy had yanked one of Kristen’s golden ponytails and down she’d come, hard. But, she’d found her feet and beat that boy to a pulp before the teac hers could get her off of him.
From that day forward the two had been inseparable. They became known as the Trouble Twins – Kristen the boldly mischievous, Tabby
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