Playing Dead in Dixie
“glared up at him, humiliation and rage saturating every inch of his too-thin body. He spoke in a voice raspy and tight with tortured pride. "No, I ain't hurt. Would you just help me get my feet up under me?""Let me call Doctor Allen.""Hell and damnation, boy, I don't need no doctor! I just need to get my feet under me!" J.B.'s gaze shifted beyond him, color rising up his neck and into his cheeks. "Who the blazes are you?"Wes glanced over his shoulder. Carly stood behind him, her expressi...on shuttered. She stepped forward and held out her hand. "Carly Devlin. I was a friend of your nephew Steve."J.B. looked at her outstretched hand as if she'd lost her mind. "You ain't from around here, are you?"Carly laughed softly and crouched next to J.B. "How'd you ever guess that?" She took his good arm. "Let me help you up."Wes took his father's other arm and helped her get J.B. to his feet. Wes dusted the salt and glass chips from his father's back. "You sure nothing's hurt?"J.B.MoreLess
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