Chapter 17
The first thing Ryan did after getting up, was take the Ace bandage off his ankle. He knew he should have done it before going to sleep, according to the ER doctor, but he’d been too exhausted to even think about it at the time. To him, his ankle looked fine, if still slightly swollen. It did protest some when he stood on it. His ribs were much more vehement when he moved, but they were somewhat less painful than they had been hours earlier. Getting the towel and washcloth off the top of the dresser, he went down to the bathroom to shower. Without soap, it was more of an exercise in scrubbing his body with the washcloth, but it worked.
“I feel like a new man,” he said to himself when he was finished, and dressed again in the sweats Shaun had bought him. “Which I need to pay hi
