Echo-Foxtrot (2015)
““Thank you, Jack.”
He hugged her tightly and leant her back against the pillows. “It’s not gonna be easy,” he told her. “You need to work hard at it. Read the Bible and pray every day. At least once.”
“I realize that,” Lou said. “I don’t have a Bible though.”
“There is a Gideon New Testament in the drawer next to you. It’s got suggested readings in the front of it. It’ll do until you get one of your own.” He smiled at her. “You’ll also need to work on your physio and follow the doc’s instructio...ns to the letter. If you want this prosthesis, you have to earn it and learn to walk again. I’ll be here though, every step of the way.”
Lou nodded then groaned. “Your jokes are as bad as Jim’s.”
Jack looked surprised. “Joke?” he queried.
“Prosthesis…learning to walk again…every ‘step’ of the way,” Lou said.
Jack grinned. “You ain’t seen nothing yet, kid. There’s a whole lot more where that came from. And get used to it. Because as long as your mom wants me around, you get me too.”MoreLess
He hugged her tightly and leant her back against the pillows. “It’s not gonna be easy,” he told her. “You need to work hard at it. Read the Bible and pray every day. At least once.”
“I realize that,” Lou said. “I don’t have a Bible though.”
“There is a Gideon New Testament in the drawer next to you. It’s got suggested readings in the front of it. It’ll do until you get one of your own.” He smiled at her. “You’ll also need to work on your physio and follow the doc’s instructio...ns to the letter. If you want this prosthesis, you have to earn it and learn to walk again. I’ll be here though, every step of the way.”
Lou nodded then groaned. “Your jokes are as bad as Jim’s.”
Jack looked surprised. “Joke?” he queried.
“Prosthesis…learning to walk again…every ‘step’ of the way,” Lou said.
Jack grinned. “You ain’t seen nothing yet, kid. There’s a whole lot more where that came from. And get used to it. Because as long as your mom wants me around, you get me too.”MoreLess
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