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concussion feels like. I fell off a ladder at the store last year, and I was dizzy and the lights bothered me. Right now I am exhausted but only because I’ve had a rotten night, make that a rotten week. I’ll take some ibuprofen and go to bed.”
“Okay, I am working until 6:00 a.m., so call me or Logan if you need anything or if you feel scared. Gabe said with a gentle smile. “Don’t worry about Ethan. Tomorrow he will feel like an ass and you’d better make him get on his knees and beg forgiveness. He deserves to work for it.
Liz smiled but didn’t comment on Ethan. It was too painful right now. “Thanks for all your help, Gabe. You are a good friend.”
“You’re welcome, sweetheart. Get some rest,” he said, closing the door behind him and making sure it was locked.
Liz showered and lay in bed, seeing Ethan’s angry face over and over until she finally fell into a restless sleep.
Chapter 7
The ringing of the telephone woke her up the next morning. It was Lacy’s panicky voice. “You are so lucky I am at work and Ryan just told us what happened to you last night, girl!”
“I’m okay, Lacy, really. I didn’t want to worry you or bring you out in the cold and Gabe was wonderful,” Liz explained, yawning, and lay back on her pillows. She still felt tired. She had tossed and turned all night thinking about Ethan. Was Gabe right? Did Ethan really care about her? If she was going to fall in love then why couldn’t it go smoothly instead of the rocky road she was walking down, and she couldn’t deny it. Her feelings for Ethan White went deeper than physical attraction. Otherwise his words last night wouldn’t have broken her heart.
“So I’ve heard all the gossip from Logan already including Ethan’s horrible behavior. Should I go kick his ass for you?” Lacy offered gallantly. Ethan is a goner for Liz whether he admits it or not, Lacy thought with a smug smile. Lacy knew if Ethan didn’t have feelings for Liz, seeing her with Gabe wouldn’t have upset him so much.
Liz was tempted to let Lacy lecture Ethan, and Ethan would take it quietly. He was very fond of his boss’s future wife. “That’s okay. It seems I’ve got more serious things to worry about now since Logan told you everything.”
“How are you feeling? And be honest with me, Elizabeth Anne Daniels,” Lacy said, lowering her voice but Liz could hear the concern in Lacy’s voice.
Liz sat up and groaned and answered with honesty. “Sore, and sad that I have a stalker, a totaled car, and Ethan hates me, and I have to get up for work,” she stated all in one breath, feeling sorry for herself. She was entitled to one day of self-pity after all she had been through.
“I know.” Lacy sighed deeply, feeling empathy with her friend. Matters of the heart were not for the faint of heart, that was for sure. “I can’t fix all your problems, honey, but Stella and I have already decided you will not open the store today. Gossip spreads like wildfire here, so half the town already knows what happened to you and the other half will know by noon. You just put your comfy pjs on and watch TV and relax. After our shift is over we are coming over with food and movies.”
Liz smiled at all of Lacy’s orders. Her friend had a bossy streak a mile wide. “Yes, mother,” Liz replied teasingly and hung up the phone. She lay in bed for a few seconds and wondered if she should alert her parents to the stalker situation. Her dad would worry and lecture her about not having a bodyguard the way he did. He had always insisted she have a bodyguard like they did but Liz never wanted to live like that.
She was achy and her head hurt so she decided to take a long, hot shower and dressed in loose sweatpants and an old baggy Snoopy T-shirt that her mom would flip over if she saw Liz in it. Thinking of her mom made her want to cry because she missed her parents and wished they were closer. Liz called her mom’s cell and reached voice mail, same
“Okay, I am working until 6:00 a.m., so call me or Logan if you need anything or if you feel scared. Gabe said with a gentle smile. “Don’t worry about Ethan. Tomorrow he will feel like an ass and you’d better make him get on his knees and beg forgiveness. He deserves to work for it.
Liz smiled but didn’t comment on Ethan. It was too painful right now. “Thanks for all your help, Gabe. You are a good friend.”
“You’re welcome, sweetheart. Get some rest,” he said, closing the door behind him and making sure it was locked.
Liz showered and lay in bed, seeing Ethan’s angry face over and over until she finally fell into a restless sleep.
Chapter 7
The ringing of the telephone woke her up the next morning. It was Lacy’s panicky voice. “You are so lucky I am at work and Ryan just told us what happened to you last night, girl!”
“I’m okay, Lacy, really. I didn’t want to worry you or bring you out in the cold and Gabe was wonderful,” Liz explained, yawning, and lay back on her pillows. She still felt tired. She had tossed and turned all night thinking about Ethan. Was Gabe right? Did Ethan really care about her? If she was going to fall in love then why couldn’t it go smoothly instead of the rocky road she was walking down, and she couldn’t deny it. Her feelings for Ethan White went deeper than physical attraction. Otherwise his words last night wouldn’t have broken her heart.
“So I’ve heard all the gossip from Logan already including Ethan’s horrible behavior. Should I go kick his ass for you?” Lacy offered gallantly. Ethan is a goner for Liz whether he admits it or not, Lacy thought with a smug smile. Lacy knew if Ethan didn’t have feelings for Liz, seeing her with Gabe wouldn’t have upset him so much.
Liz was tempted to let Lacy lecture Ethan, and Ethan would take it quietly. He was very fond of his boss’s future wife. “That’s okay. It seems I’ve got more serious things to worry about now since Logan told you everything.”
“How are you feeling? And be honest with me, Elizabeth Anne Daniels,” Lacy said, lowering her voice but Liz could hear the concern in Lacy’s voice.
Liz sat up and groaned and answered with honesty. “Sore, and sad that I have a stalker, a totaled car, and Ethan hates me, and I have to get up for work,” she stated all in one breath, feeling sorry for herself. She was entitled to one day of self-pity after all she had been through.
“I know.” Lacy sighed deeply, feeling empathy with her friend. Matters of the heart were not for the faint of heart, that was for sure. “I can’t fix all your problems, honey, but Stella and I have already decided you will not open the store today. Gossip spreads like wildfire here, so half the town already knows what happened to you and the other half will know by noon. You just put your comfy pjs on and watch TV and relax. After our shift is over we are coming over with food and movies.”
Liz smiled at all of Lacy’s orders. Her friend had a bossy streak a mile wide. “Yes, mother,” Liz replied teasingly and hung up the phone. She lay in bed for a few seconds and wondered if she should alert her parents to the stalker situation. Her dad would worry and lecture her about not having a bodyguard the way he did. He had always insisted she have a bodyguard like they did but Liz never wanted to live like that.
She was achy and her head hurt so she decided to take a long, hot shower and dressed in loose sweatpants and an old baggy Snoopy T-shirt that her mom would flip over if she saw Liz in it. Thinking of her mom made her want to cry because she missed her parents and wished they were closer. Liz called her mom’s cell and reached voice mail, same
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