Thirty—six straight hours of bed rest that didn’t involve medical people poking and prodding improved Landon’s pain levels. It didn’t hurt so bad to move or breathe. The down side was he was back to feeling weak and wobbly again. Taking a shower and shaving was going to be an exhausting experience, but he felt grungy and that had to be remedied. Standing in front of the sink as he shaved made his legs shake. He liked that smooth, clean feeling. He’d never been much a facial hair kind of guy. It grew in slow and uneven, so when he tried, he usually just ended up looking rough and skanky. He sat on the toilet seat, towel around his waist, pulling on the waterproof cover he’d been given for his cast as he waited for the water to heat up in the shower. Taking a shower and washing his hair, t

