Page 35 (1/2)

Nora sat at her kitchen table writing furiously in her notebook She’d given up on her co, but she still had another chapter in her head she wanted to get on paper After her long talk with Zach yesterday at church, she’d come home newly inspired She had made a terrible inal ending of her book, Caroline was no longer able to bear Willia, Caroline left hi She was no sexual masochist; she was an emotional masochist and never would she leave the man she loved, theWilliam, out of love for her, would send her away It was beautiful and brutal and how it had to end William had told her that and she knew better than to cross him

Wesley had spent the past two hours with her at the kitchen table catching up on more make-up hile she wrote She wasn’t worried about his holy keen mind under that mess of blond hair and had made Dean’s List all three semesters he’d been at Yorke She’d e Søren had ordered her to just to annoy her Just to annoy him, she’d done it Wesley was a natural hard worker, however, and didn’t need anyone telling him to do his homework or study She told him once he could never be a writer like she was He wasn’t nearly lazy enough

Wesley… Nora looked up and around the kitchen Wesley had left over twenty ar and take his insulin--so that usually took less than afor hi over the downstairs’ bathroo to keep the panic out of her voice

Wesley laughed and shook his head

"You know, I have ridden soest, meanest, scariest stallions on the planet You wouldn’t think a little needle in my stomach would bother ain, Nora exhaled and entered the bathrooht and she hopped up on the counter next to the sink

"Still can’t do it?"

"Nope I think I have a mental block"

"I can help with mental blocks"

Wesley shook his head "I have to do it et over this"

"You will do it yourself You handle the needle I’ll handle the et?"

Wesley pointed to a spot on the center of his stoe

"Dr Singh said I’m supposed to think of my stomach like a clock face when I rotate my injections I start at noon for the first one and thento hit the saain"

Nora nodded "Clock face, huh?" She reached out and lifted the bottoht in the hospital so now his four-pack abdo left on his frame but muscle She let loose a histle "Sexiest clock I’ve ever seen"