Negotiating crutches was harder than she remembered. Bev decided to stay at home for the better part of two weeks, giving her weak ankle longer to heal to support her even weaker knee.
“What a mess you've made for yourself, Connors.” She had started talking to herself just to hear a human voice in the house, which was beginning to concern her.
She had been able to work from home. Hal would bring her leads on stories, coffee and Ben and Jerry’s Ice cream and she would email him her story copy. Their relationship was growing steadily. He was funny, intelligent and thoughtful, if not a little assuming and slightly pushy. Nothing that really bothered Beverly, yet.
They had been forced to take their physical relationship a little slow due to her cast, which surprisingly didn’t bother Beverl
