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He’d always had hope he’d be over six feet. Or at least six feet like his father was. But his grandfather was six four and he’d matched that height by the time he hit twenty. Shocking how he grew another two inches after high school, but he’d been told his grandfather had the same thing happen.
Guess he was just slow to develop and it was something he’d had to deal with in his new high school being the smallest kid his freshman year.
Not good times by any means, but when he graduated, he at least was one of the tallest. Just still skinny. The bulky muscles didn’t come until after.
When one of his mother’s boyfriends took an interest in helping him out and bringing him to the gym.
Titus didn’t last long in his mother’s life, but it was enough to give Knox the foundation he needed at eighteen to transform his body.
“Glad to help you out,” he said. “I need to see your electrical panel. Should be in your laundry room, right?”
“This way,” she said. “Though if you’re going around to other places in the building, you probably know your way.”
“I do now,” he said. “The condo next to you is having some renovations done. Moving a lot of things around and I’ll be rewiring. Then there are two more having work on different floors. I just need to check on the surrounding condos to make sure when I’m shutting off the power there it won’t affect you.”
“That’s good to know,” she said. “Not that I work from home often. I just did it today knowing you’d be here at some point. So hopefully most of the noise is gone by the time I get home at night.”
“Should be,” he said.
He followed her down the hall to the small laundry area and went over to the panel. Didn’t look as if anything had been done in here. This building was forty years old, but judging by the kitchen, things had been upgraded in the past ten years or less. It would make his job easier.
“Everything look okay?” she asked.
He turned, his eyes taking in the sight of her in her black leggings and a yellow T-shirt that was resting on her hips. The T-shirt wasn’t even baggy but rather fitted to her body.
He’d bet anything she made use of the gym on the first level.
“It does,” he said, smirking at her.
She laughed. “You know. You look nothing like the kid I saw last.”
“I’m not that kid,” he said. He held his finger and thumb up in a pinch. “Maybe a little like him. I still hate to read.”
She looked oddly at him and then giggled like the sound she’d made once or twice around him before. “Oh yeah. I remember that conversation about our English test.”
“One of our last ones before the school year ended and I moved away.”
Her smile fell. It was as if she had a memory she didn’t like. “I’m still so sorry about that.”
His hand reached out and patted her arm. “Hey. We all say stupid shit in middle school and it’s not like you even said it.”
“No,” she said. “I didn’t.”
“Can I tell you how nice it felt when you apologized? Yeah, I had a crush on you. Who didn’t?”
“Not many that I remember,” she said.
“You’d be surprised at the number,” he said. “But my point is, you made up for it by apologizing when you didn’t have to.”
“Of course I did,” she said. “Those weren’t my thoughts or words. I mean, I did think of you as a friend. But the rest, that wasn’t how I thought of you.”
“I get it,” he said. “I’ve seen pictures of myself back then. There is a reason I didn’t have my first girlfriend until the eleventh grade.”
“I’m sure anyone would be lucky to have you now,” she said.
“I’ll let you know if I find someone.”
No reason not to add that. It’s not like he was going to ask her out or anything, but you never know.
