One Last Chance
““Look, I’m barely touching it.” Griffin said.
“The ice is freezing!”
“It’s supposed to be.” But he adjusted the bag so it rested lighter on her ankle. “It’s water that has changed from a liquid to a solid. Via very cold temperatures.”
Claire rolled her eyes. “Shut up.” She reached for the bottle of painkillers the ship’s doctor had given her and twisted the lid. She let the saliva pool in her mouth and then popped one of the pills and swallowed it down.
Despite her protests, Gri...ffin had carried her straight from the bar into the elevator, and then into the ship’s clinic. The doctor, a dead ringer for George Hamilton, had rubbed and rolled her ankle and pronounced her fine.
“A bit of a strain,” he said. “We can wrap it and you can ice it back in your stateroom.”
“Can we do x-rays?” Griffin asked. “Just to be sure?”MoreLess
“The ice is freezing!”
“It’s supposed to be.” But he adjusted the bag so it rested lighter on her ankle. “It’s water that has changed from a liquid to a solid. Via very cold temperatures.”
Claire rolled her eyes. “Shut up.” She reached for the bottle of painkillers the ship’s doctor had given her and twisted the lid. She let the saliva pool in her mouth and then popped one of the pills and swallowed it down.
Despite her protests, Gri...ffin had carried her straight from the bar into the elevator, and then into the ship’s clinic. The doctor, a dead ringer for George Hamilton, had rubbed and rolled her ankle and pronounced her fine.
“A bit of a strain,” he said. “We can wrap it and you can ice it back in your stateroom.”
“Can we do x-rays?” Griffin asked. “Just to be sure?”MoreLess
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