Chapter Sixteen
Leetia on the Mind
Art was in Bethel Hospital for three days. Art and Leetia ate every lunch and dinner together. The other nurses told Art about Leetia going out with the Coast Guard to retrieve him. Moreover, when Lt. Commander Nelson came back to Bethel to pick up his med tech, he stopped in to meet Art, and told him of Leetia riding the man-basket up to the helicopter and working to keep his fever down. For the three days after Art’s surgery, Leetia and Art nurtured the beginning of a relationship.
The doctor popped into Art’s hospital room to check on his progress.
“Well, Mr. Jackson, you are looking good, but you really need to give yourself four weeks to fully recover.”
The phone rang.
“Hello.”
“Art, it’s Milt. The guys called down and told us. How you doing?”
