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“Jesus, woman,” the man beside Erik said “I didn’t know you were in there Give me a freakin’ break”
Emma remained rooted to the bed, covers tucked beneath her ar from the bedroo into Erik’s bed She tugged the covers up
“What are you still doing here?” Erik said, gently pushing his sister back
“Ow” Alexis winced as she stepped backward She i appendage “I think I hurt my ankle And we’re here because my memory sucks I drove to pick up Em, but we decided to take her SUV from her place Then just as we headed down I-25, I realized I leftto be tiot to Eain, they had closed parts of the interstate We figured ait untilto leave Roads should be clear then”
“So that’s why your car wasn’t in the driveway,” Erik said
“Yeah I thought you orking” Alexis hobbled into Erik’s room and sat on the bed Erik and the dude behind him watched as she tenderly prodded her ankle
“Lex, you don’t have any pants on,” Emma whispered
Her friend glanced up “How different is this fro”
Alexis was the person Emma wished she could be Bold and confident, her best friend since third grade was a ball of energy, sass and s seen in her underwear didn’t faze her
“She punched uy behind Erik said, sounding incredulous
“You scared the crap out of
“Okay, okay” Erik held his hands up, pressing theNo harm, no foul”
“Speak for yourself,” Alexis muttered, her face twisted in pain “I tripped overthat pervert out of my room”
“Pervert?” the guy said “I’m not a—”
“He’s not a pervert Well, not usually This is Layton Davis,” Erik said, tilting his handsome face heavenward in what looked to be a prayer for patience “He drove me home after orked a blaze I told hione You were supposed to be gone”
Guilt nudged E stranded was all her fault She’d tried to run tooand it had pushed the done for the Christ held at the school her parents ran for ed adults The party was scheduled for Saturday night and Alexis had volunteered to go with E a community-service award at the annual function Since Emma had recently e, to teach at North Colorado State, she’d been thrilled when her bestie had suggested they irlfriends’ weekend of it