The Heartbreak Prescription by Glazed Snow

My Dad Please Come 45

Chapter 45

Wendy adjusted her white shirt and turned to face Stanley.

The phone was still on the nightstand, the ringtone playing over and over. Yet, Stanley didn't even glance at it. He didn't pick up

Jessica's call

That was probably the first time he had ever done that.

Stanley, tall and lean, stood up and removed his black suit jacket. Underneath, he wore a white shirt, but there was a large stain

on the back-blood. Wendy's mind flashed to the lash Glinda had struck him with earlier.

That lash had cut deep into his skin, but his resolve was unshakable. He didn't show a hint of pain on his face.

The wounds needed to be treated or they could get infected.

"I'll get the first aid kit and take care of that for you," Wendy said.

Stanley turned his head to look at her, his lips curving into a small, teasing smile. "A moment ago, you wouldn't even look at

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the first aid kit. "I just didn't want Grandma

down on

off your shirt," Wendy

shirt to reveal

shirtless. His broad

dignified and subtle. His V-line disappeared

and Wendy's face flushed

broke the silence, deep and teasing.

in confusion. "Even?

looked at you. Now,

face turned an even brighter shade of red. "I didn't

raised an eyebrow. "Then why

this would happen, she wouldn't have helped

had been deep, and the red blood against the pale flesh was unsettling. There were signs of inflammation from the lack of

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"This mess was caused by Jessica. I

long lashes fluttered. He was apologizing for Jessica? It was clear now- he saw Jessica as

up after her?" Wendy asked, bitterness lacing her tone. "She's already gone so far as to involve Grandma. Who knows what she'll do next? You've

darkened. He realized that Jessica had changed, become

this before," he said