“You think he’s in there sweating?” Buckner asked, doing up a little bow around his neck and grinning uncontrollably.
“He’s probably shaking in his boots. Jesse is gonna be a married man. Tied down. What is he gonna do with his life now?” Jim asked. He found that he, too, was grinning. Carver laughed, as did O’Brien.
Things had been slow around the Forest for the past couple of weeks. Jim didn’t know if it was because of sheer luck, or because McCready was having calls routed away from them, Jim wasn’t sure. But he knew that the was thankful for that.
He lived to save people, yet at the same time, he knew that he needed rest more than ever. They all did.
“You guys about ready?” McCready asked as he limped into the locker room. Carrie had been able to repair his back and fix hi
