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and Morgan Flay.”
My breath left me. Marcus and Morgan had both been accepted to the American Olympic team. Morgan wasn’t even sixteen yet, but she would be once the events started. How I never put together that Knight was Aidan Scott, I’ll never understand.
“Kim? You okay?”
“Hmm? Yes, sorry. Look, Kni—ah, Aidan and I aren’t really that close, but I can talk to Dani for you and see if her husband can talk to him.”
Ellie threw herself into my arms. “I love you! Thanks, Kim. Seriously.”
She ran off and Dani rushed toward me. “You won! Get back in the arena, they’ve been calling you.”
“What? Seriously?”
“Yes, go!” she demanded, and gave me a leg up.
I guided Fozzie back to the judges, received my blue ribbon (the money would come later), and then headed back to the stall. Dani followed and we began the process of packing up.
“You were amazing,” Dani said.
“Thanks.” I slid from Fozzie’s back and loosened the girth. He let out a big sigh of relief.
“You okay?”
“Did you know Knight was Aidan Scott?” I asked, sliding the saddle off as Dani held Fozzie.
“Who’s Aidan Scott?”
I sighed. “He’s the go-to trainer for anyone wanting to be on the Olympic equestrian team.”
“Shut up!” she breathed out.
“Right?” I set the saddle on my tack box and faced her again. “He never said a word.”
“But why would he?”
“Dani.”
“What? I love you, you’re my other sister, you know you are, but you’ve shut him out.” She grabbed my arm when I tried to walk away. “Ever since that night you went to the club without me, you’ve gone out of your way to be cruel to him. Are you ever going to tell me what happened between you two?”
I blinked back tears as I pulled away from her and walked Fozzie into the stall. After removing his bridle, I faced Dani and took a deep breath. “He turned me down.”
“What do you mean?” I gave her a pointed look and her eyes widened. “Oh. Really? When?”
“Dani, I don’t want to tell you.”
“Wow,” she whispered. “There’s something you won’t tell me? It must be pretty bad.”
It was the only thing I’d ever kept from her.
“It is,” I admitted.
“Kimmie, I love you. I don’t understand why you forget that sometimes.”
With just those few important words, I spilled everything that happened with Knight the night I was attacked, particularly the sweetness he’d shown.
“Knight refused to leave, so I went to bed, but I had another nightmare and went to get some water.” I busied myself with unwrapping Fozzie’s legs and then began to brush him down. “Knight was asleep on my sofa and ohmigod, Dani, he was so beautiful. I couldn’t help myself and I kind of went in, you know?”
Dani frowned. “Sure, I think.”
“He woke up, told me I was beautiful, and shut me down.”
“Kim,” she whispered.
“Proof positive he wants nothing to do with me.”
“But he kissed you at the club, honey. How is that wanting nothing to do with you?”
“That was him staking his claim. He doesn’t want me... he just doesn’t want anyone else to have me. But I took care of it.”
Dani narrowed her eyes. “How exactly did you ‘take care of it’?”
I shrugged. “I told him he made me feel unsafe.”
She gasped. “You didn’t.”
“I did.”
“Does he?”
“Yes.”
Dani frowned, but then quickly pulled me in for a hug. “Oh, honey, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know he was abusive.”
“What? He’s not!”
I tried to pull away but she held me tighter. “But he makes you feel unsafe. I can understand that, considering everything you’ve been through. Those triggers are hard to ignore, and he apparently sets them off,” she continued, patting my back.
“He doesn’t do anything to trigger me,” I rushed to defend. “Besides you, he’s the only one I feel one-hundred percent safe with.” Dani pulled back so I could see her face (which was totally smug and covered with a
My breath left me. Marcus and Morgan had both been accepted to the American Olympic team. Morgan wasn’t even sixteen yet, but she would be once the events started. How I never put together that Knight was Aidan Scott, I’ll never understand.
“Kim? You okay?”
“Hmm? Yes, sorry. Look, Kni—ah, Aidan and I aren’t really that close, but I can talk to Dani for you and see if her husband can talk to him.”
Ellie threw herself into my arms. “I love you! Thanks, Kim. Seriously.”
She ran off and Dani rushed toward me. “You won! Get back in the arena, they’ve been calling you.”
“What? Seriously?”
“Yes, go!” she demanded, and gave me a leg up.
I guided Fozzie back to the judges, received my blue ribbon (the money would come later), and then headed back to the stall. Dani followed and we began the process of packing up.
“You were amazing,” Dani said.
“Thanks.” I slid from Fozzie’s back and loosened the girth. He let out a big sigh of relief.
“You okay?”
“Did you know Knight was Aidan Scott?” I asked, sliding the saddle off as Dani held Fozzie.
“Who’s Aidan Scott?”
I sighed. “He’s the go-to trainer for anyone wanting to be on the Olympic equestrian team.”
“Shut up!” she breathed out.
“Right?” I set the saddle on my tack box and faced her again. “He never said a word.”
“But why would he?”
“Dani.”
“What? I love you, you’re my other sister, you know you are, but you’ve shut him out.” She grabbed my arm when I tried to walk away. “Ever since that night you went to the club without me, you’ve gone out of your way to be cruel to him. Are you ever going to tell me what happened between you two?”
I blinked back tears as I pulled away from her and walked Fozzie into the stall. After removing his bridle, I faced Dani and took a deep breath. “He turned me down.”
“What do you mean?” I gave her a pointed look and her eyes widened. “Oh. Really? When?”
“Dani, I don’t want to tell you.”
“Wow,” she whispered. “There’s something you won’t tell me? It must be pretty bad.”
It was the only thing I’d ever kept from her.
“It is,” I admitted.
“Kimmie, I love you. I don’t understand why you forget that sometimes.”
With just those few important words, I spilled everything that happened with Knight the night I was attacked, particularly the sweetness he’d shown.
“Knight refused to leave, so I went to bed, but I had another nightmare and went to get some water.” I busied myself with unwrapping Fozzie’s legs and then began to brush him down. “Knight was asleep on my sofa and ohmigod, Dani, he was so beautiful. I couldn’t help myself and I kind of went in, you know?”
Dani frowned. “Sure, I think.”
“He woke up, told me I was beautiful, and shut me down.”
“Kim,” she whispered.
“Proof positive he wants nothing to do with me.”
“But he kissed you at the club, honey. How is that wanting nothing to do with you?”
“That was him staking his claim. He doesn’t want me... he just doesn’t want anyone else to have me. But I took care of it.”
Dani narrowed her eyes. “How exactly did you ‘take care of it’?”
I shrugged. “I told him he made me feel unsafe.”
She gasped. “You didn’t.”
“I did.”
“Does he?”
“Yes.”
Dani frowned, but then quickly pulled me in for a hug. “Oh, honey, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know he was abusive.”
“What? He’s not!”
I tried to pull away but she held me tighter. “But he makes you feel unsafe. I can understand that, considering everything you’ve been through. Those triggers are hard to ignore, and he apparently sets them off,” she continued, patting my back.
“He doesn’t do anything to trigger me,” I rushed to defend. “Besides you, he’s the only one I feel one-hundred percent safe with.” Dani pulled back so I could see her face (which was totally smug and covered with a
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