They left the car where it was and joined the hiking path in the woods nearby. His leg felt stiff, but that was probably just because they’d been sitting so long. Sitting was the worst thing for it. Once he got it moving, he’d be fine.
“This is beautiful here.” She looked back at him and smiled. “Hiking like this isn’t going to aggravate your leg?”
“No, it’s good for it. Good exercise to get the muscles working. Jeff said I need to work it.”
“I’m glad you’re listening to him and doing what he said. I’ve seen a lot of people not do that and they never get better like they should. They either don’t do enough or they do too much and hurt themselves worse. But you seem like you’re doing what he said to do.”
“I’m trying.” She didn’t need to know that he was pushing himself a little harder t
