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THESE RESTING BONES<\/strong><\/h3>\nBy Em Shotwell<\/span><\/p>\nHere is an excerpt from my story, These Resting Bones<\/em>. This story is a bit different, but just may be my favorite in my Murphey Family Saga. Bradley has always been the quiet sister\u2014the one who felt least powerful and almost invisible. Blaine has always been her best friend, loyal and always ready with a joke or smile (and probably a sweet tart or pixie stick). They have just hid the body of a man who attacked Bradley. Emotions are high, and this is the scene where Bradley finally falls for her best friend.<\/span><\/p>\n-Em Shotwell<\/span><\/p>\n****<\/span><\/p>\nHis body was warm and both familiar and foreign. Blaine was my best friend. We\u2019d touched a million times\u2014fist bumps, shoves, friendly punches\u2014but at the same time we\u2019d never touched. Not like this.<\/span><\/p>\nI pulled up my knees and wrapped my arms around his neck as I pressed even closer. Those hands that offered friendship and comfort and reassurance now left a scorching trail across my flesh. His touch landed on the bare skin above my shorts, where my shirt lifted, they burned, and fizzled, and seared in a way that made me want all of him to touch all of me.<\/span><\/p>\nBlaine.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/old-3118750_640.jpg\")
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