“I know. How do you feel?”
He shimmied himself up so he sat erect with his feet out in front of him. “All right, I guess. I could use another blanket, though.”
The nurse turned around from whatever she was doing. “I"ll bring one right over after I"m finished.”
Janet cupped her hand to Neil"s cheek. “You scared the hell out of me.”
“Sorry about that. Scared myself a little, too. Did you let Megan know?”
“Dad called her. She"s on her way.” The nurse came over with the blanket and draped it over his feet. Janet waited until she was gone and put the finishing touches of tucking it in around his legs. “How"s that?”
“Much better. Thank-you. Did they tell you how long I"m stuck up here for?”
“Not yet. They want to do some tests.”
“Great,” he said, pursing his lips. “Oh…”
“What?” Janet sa
