Crude Carrier (2014)
“A long soak in a hot shower had washed a lot of pain from his strained muscles, but he knew it was going to take a couple of days for his legs to recover completely.
Not that he was suffering as much as Charley. As he tapped on the open door of the hospital room, Raiford could hear the man’s heavy, raw breathing. A single spartan bunk rested atop a chest of wide, gray metal drawers. The room also contained a small stainless steel cabinet with shelves filled by bottles and bandages. Its meta...l top held a steel washbowl and a well-used copy of the Shipmaster’s Medical Guide. Except for the panting sailor, the white room was vacant. Charley’s skin was as frail and sallow as a plucked chicken’s, and the bones of his chest showed in dim shadows. At the sound of the tapping, he slowly turned his head.
“You feeling better now, Charley?”
The pockmarked face twisted painfully into something like a smile that showed crooked teeth.MoreLess
Not that he was suffering as much as Charley. As he tapped on the open door of the hospital room, Raiford could hear the man’s heavy, raw breathing. A single spartan bunk rested atop a chest of wide, gray metal drawers. The room also contained a small stainless steel cabinet with shelves filled by bottles and bandages. Its meta...l top held a steel washbowl and a well-used copy of the Shipmaster’s Medical Guide. Except for the panting sailor, the white room was vacant. Charley’s skin was as frail and sallow as a plucked chicken’s, and the bones of his chest showed in dim shadows. At the sound of the tapping, he slowly turned his head.
“You feeling better now, Charley?”
The pockmarked face twisted painfully into something like a smile that showed crooked teeth.MoreLess
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