She gave a groan, allowing herself to lean into him, head lolling onto his shoulder. She felt too weak to stand on her own two feet as her legs wobbled under her, trying to walk as best she could, her arms wrapped around his middle.
“I’m so sorry Jack,” she repeated against him, trembling slightly. “I thought I could do it. I thought I could and it backfired on me!”
All she had wanted was a confession, that was it, but Hot Flash had belittled Jack, had laughed in her face and Katelynn couldn’t contain her anger, trying to scare the woman off.
She shuddered to know what Jack would think of the news but she knew she had to tell him.
And then he lifts an arm under her legs, lifting Katelynn completely off of the floor as he carries her through to the bathroom, mindful of her head as he supported her back with his other arm.
“Thought you could do what?” he asked as he approached the shower and turned it on. Her burns needed to be cooled down, now, before any permanent damage could be done. The water was warm, not cold, or too hot, and he climbed in with her and sat on the rim of the bath, holding her in his lap as the water rushed down over the two of them. “Katelynn, oh god… your hair, your face…” Jack whispered as he pushed the water through her hair gently with his hand.
Jack Maple 