True Love Waits novel Chapter 535

Wesley's attack sent Liam flying into the bookshelf, knocking it over.

Moving to protect Blair, Wesley snaked an arm around her waist and guided her away from the falling books.

Two of Wesley's men jumped on Liam, pinning him to the floor.

Soon, the police came, and Liam was cuffed and stuffed.

Wesley helped Blair walk to a seat to rest. Supporting her head with one arm, she closed her eyes to steady herself, still dizzy from the impact of the bump.

After Blair was seated by the table, Wesley gave his statement to the police. As soon as he left, his men trotted over to Blair and asked with concern, "You all right? We can take you to the infirmary if you want."

Blair opened her eyes to find that she was surrounded by a crowd of young men wearing silly grins. Startled, she sat up immediately and replied, "I'm fine. I'll go later."

Talbot Yun, Wesley's right-hand man, squeezed to the front of the throng and sat on his haunches. He said, "You were so calm back there. You gotta be the bravest girl I've ever seen."

Wesley turned around occasionally to make sure his men were behaving. That was when he saw that they were crowding around Blair, talking and laughing.

There was a blood streak on her neck, a bruise on her forehead. Besieged with concerned questions from the young officers, she looked nervous.

Wesley strode over and demanded, "What's going on? She's hurt and doesn't need you guys bugging her. Talbot, Bowman, send Bl...er... her to the infirmary."

"Yes, sir!" the brothers, Talbot Yun and Bowman Yun answered, standing to attention and saluting when they got Wesley's orders.

The rest of the crowd lined up and marched towards the playground.

Back on the playground the young soldiers were talking amongst themselves. Concentrating on the training? Forget it. "I think Chief knows her. I heard him almost call her by name. I don't think he wants us to know," a man said.

"I heard it too. And? Knowing her name doesn't mean anything. Anyway, we got to train these guys,"

a second man retorted, turning to walk away. Yet another man grabbed him and said seriously, "We only knew about Megan. Now this girl? Chief's holding out on us."

"Right. Talbot and Bowman say he doesn't get out much. When he's not visiting his hometown, he's in his apartment. A date? Never!" He laughed.

"Ten-hut!"

a cold, stern voice came from behind them. Their hearts sank. They were supposed to be training the students, not gossiping about their superior's private life. "Oh God. We're doomed!" they cried.

"It's all your fault. I tried to get you to stay on task," one of them complained.

"One hundred leapfrogs, each of you," Wesley announced solemnly.

"Noooooooooo, " they screamed inside, too afraid of Wesley to defy him. So the 12 military instructors ended up doing 100 leapfrogs each in front of the college freshmen.

In the infirmary

Talbot Yun and Bowman Yun offered to escort Blair to the infirmary, but she turned them down. "I'm good. I can get there on my own. Thanks, though," she told them.

Bowman Yun said with a grin, "Okay then, but if you feel dizzy again, let us know. We'll carry you there."

"Got it. Bye," Blair agreed with a nod, feeling that the brothers were way too friendly with her.

Their eagerness to please her outstripped her desire to get Wesley to notice her.

In the infirmary, a doctor applied some cortisone cream to Blair's neck and forehead. "The laceration to your neck will heal soon, but I don't like that lump on your forehead. You need a CAT scan and a proper exam to have that checked out."

"Set that up for me, okay? Thanks, doc."

She knew Talbot Yun and Bowman Yun were busy with training, so Blair went to the hospital on her own.