Chapter 13 “Will you stop babying me,” Jake growled at Kelly. It was Wednesday afternoon and he was back at work after spending most of the morning dealing with Russ playing nursemaid, as he thought of it. After reading the instruction sheet that came with the bandages, Russ had carefully removed the old ones, cleaned the wounds, covered them with more antibiotic cream, and applied new bandages. That had taken a good hour, much to Jake’s disgust, although he didn’t complain—too much. Then Russ helped him get dressed and they ate breakfast. Finally, it was time for Russ to head to work. He offered to drive Jake to the agency, which brought on an argument when Jake insisted he was quite capable of driving himself. It ended when Russ pointed out that he was doped up with antibiotic pills

