Joe hated to admit it, but as he lay on the bed in the ER examination room, he felt relief being there. He still experienced a little nausea, and the hit site f*****g hurt like hell. The nurses had seemed rather concerned during the question-and-answer session and preliminary exam before they brought him to this room.
God, he sure hoped the scan that the doctor had ordered didn’t reveal anything too bad. He wouldn’t want the expense of surgery and knew damned well that the thousands of out-of-pocket dollars would be coming from Ed’s inheritance. Much as he understood Ed’s stance on that subject, the idea still bothered him. This ER visit would be costly enough by itself, especially if they kept piling on expensive sounding tests. Ed was right, though. He’d have carried Ed forcefully to th
