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144 SNOWBOUND They all knew she was referring to his scar. “So what?” Kelli said. “He’s hot.” “Yeah, he is,” Tabitha agreed. Willow gaped at them, and even the boys stopped wrestling. “Who’s hot?” Hopper asked in bewilderment. “Mr. Fallon.” Tabitha gave Fiona a sly smile. “Don’t you think, Ms. Mac?” What if he overheard this conversation? He’d be hideously embarrassed! On the other hand…maybe it would be good for him to find out that even teenage girls had noticed he was sexy despite the scar. Or even because of it. “He’s an attractive man,” she agreed sedately. “But…” Amy stopped, and her eyes narrowed. “You do think he’s hot!” “I just said…” “I mean, you really think he is. Wow. That’s why you keep blushing. Are you going to see him again after we leave?” They all stared expectantly at her. “I don’t know…” Belatedly realizing she’d just made a big mistake, Fiona said, “There’s nothing like that going on. Anyway, it’s none of your business.” “You’re blushing right now. Yes! I was right!” Amy crowed. “Amy, there really isn’t anything like that…” In a low voice, Tabitha interrupted. “He’s coming.” Fiona raised her eyebrows at her circle of students. “Enough said. Okay?”
JANICE KAY JOHNSON 145 “Okay,” they chorused cheerfully. Lying, every one of them. She would never hear the end of this. “Problem?” John asked behind her. “No problem,” she said too hastily, and turned. The mere sight of him sent her heart skittering again. He looked so darn good with his broad shoulders and lean build, shaggy dark hair, a perfectly sculpted face with hollows beneath the cheekbones, straight, narrow nose and unrevealing mouth that, Fiona couldn’t help noting, seemed more relaxed than usual. “We were just talking,” Kelli said. “Yeah,” Dieter chimed in. “Do you think the snowplow will come tomorrow?” “It’s possible. Depends how widespread the storm was.” “How will we know if it comes?” Kelli asked. “We’ll be able to hear it. Sound carries out here.” “I don’t care if they don’t make it tomorrow,” Dieter said. He glanced at Willow. “I’m having fun.” “Me, too,” Tabitha said. “Except I wish I had more clothes here.” Troy had apparently wandered down the stairs in the midst of the discussion, because from the outskirts of the small group he said, “Yeah, it’s been cool.” “I don’t want to go home yet,” Willow said with surprising force, then flushed as gazes swung her way. To rescue her, Fiona said, “I’m in no hurry, either. How about you, Hopper?” “I’m good.” One by one, the others agreed, Amy last and least
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144 SNOWBOUND<br />
They all knew she was referring to his scar.<br />
“So what?” Kelli said. “He’s hot.”<br />
“Yeah, he is,” Tabitha agreed.<br />
Willow gaped at them, and even the boys stopped<br />
wrestling.<br />
“Who’s hot?” Hopper asked in bewilderment.<br />
“Mr. Fallon.” Tabitha gave Fiona a sly smile. “Don’t<br />
you think, Ms. Mac?”<br />
What if he overheard this conversation? He’d be<br />
hideously embarrassed!<br />
On the other hand…maybe it would be good for him<br />
to find out that even teenage girls had noticed he was<br />
sexy despite the scar. Or even because of it.<br />
“He’s an attractive man,” she agreed sedately.<br />
“But…” Amy stopped, and her eyes narrowed. “You<br />
do think he’s hot!”<br />
“I just said…”<br />
“I mean, you really think he is. Wow. That’s why<br />
you keep blushing. Are you going to see him again<br />
after we leave?”<br />
They all stared expectantly at her.<br />
“I don’t know…” Belatedly realizing she’d just made<br />
a big mistake, Fiona said, “There’s nothing like that<br />
going on. Anyway, it’s none of your business.”<br />
“You’re blushing right now. Yes! I was right!” Amy<br />
crowed.<br />
“Amy, there really isn’t anything like that…”<br />
In a low voice, Tabitha interrupted. “He’s <strong>com</strong>ing.”<br />
Fiona raised her eyebrows at her circle of students.<br />
“Enough said. Okay?”
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