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Chapter Fourteen
Martin stood in the doorway of Alison’s bedroom with a scowl on his face. “That’s what he gets for trying to beat me through the gate.”
Alison gave him a puzzled look, while Vanessa quietly scolded him that now wasn’t the time.
He smiled meekly before going to Nick and inspecting his condition. “He’s too heavy for me to carry back to the guest house and he’s going to be like this for a few days,” Martin said with certainty. “I can, however, help make the room, bed, and him more presentable before Wilma returns. What excuse you give her for him being comatose in your bed is your business.”
Martin rolled Nick back and forth so that Vanessa and Alison could pull the bedding off the bed and remake it. He slowly shook his head and closed his eyes at the sight of the blood and semen stained coverlet, but said nothing. Even so, Alison wanted to crawl underneath the bed and not come out.
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