3In shock and disbelief about what he’d said, I just looked at Jim for a long moment. “No. No, thank you. No way. I do not need to be carried. In fact, considering that I only have an extremely mild sprain, and that’s at worst, I think the suggestion is a little ridiculous.”
While I’d been speaking, Jim had been kind of looking up and around at the tall pines between the cabins with his mouth twitching once again, as if he thought what I was saying was a little ridiculous, but he was committed to politely humoring me until I was finished.
Now that I was, he finally looked at me again. “Avery, I’m not saying that you’re helpless, and I’m not saying I’m going to throw you over my shoulder.”
So, he’d be holding me to his chest. That would almost be worse in terms of feeling his strong arms
