Chapter 9

Leigh propped her hands on the bed and leaned back so as not to give too much pressure on her injured foot. Then, she scooted near the headrest. She wanted to lie down for a while.

It was this time that the door to Rocky’s room opened, disrupting her from the motion of laying down.

She watched Rocky run toward his bathroom. When he emerged he was holding a clear zip-lock pouch full of ice and a towel.

He sat on the bed near her feet and very gently raised the injured one, wrapping a towel underneath before putting the ziplock pouch on the reddened sole.

“It’s for the swelling.”

Leigh nodded and let him apply the iced package to her foot.

She felt instant relief and sighed.

“You have to put on the ice every two to three hours to alleviate the pain.” He told her when he saw her nodding her head off.

She could not help it. His tender ministrations and the silence around them make her sleepy. It was a relief from their usual bickering.

After almost fifteen minutes, Rock