Texas Tall
“He found Sky sitting up in bed, drinking a protein shake through a straw, with an oxygen tube clipped to his nose.
“You look like hell,” Will said, taking a seat next to the bed.
“I feel like hell.” Sky managed a grin. Even so, he didn’t look as bad as Will had feared. Where the soaked bandanna had covered his nose and the lower part of his face, there were only a few minor burns. His ears and upper head had suffered worse, his hands, wrapped in special water gel bandages, the worst of all. But the real damage, Will knew, would be from the smoke in his lungs. Sky could be a long time regaining his health.
“Dare I ask how things are on the home front?” Sky’s eyes, though slightly glazed from pain medication, had recovered some of their old spark. “I take it the barn’s a total loss. Do you think the insurance will cover it?”
“Some, but not all. The devil of it is, we’ve had three fires this year—the machine shed last spring, the wildfire, and now this! What if the insurance company canc...els our policy?”MoreLess
“You look like hell,” Will said, taking a seat next to the bed.
“I feel like hell.” Sky managed a grin. Even so, he didn’t look as bad as Will had feared. Where the soaked bandanna had covered his nose and the lower part of his face, there were only a few minor burns. His ears and upper head had suffered worse, his hands, wrapped in special water gel bandages, the worst of all. But the real damage, Will knew, would be from the smoke in his lungs. Sky could be a long time regaining his health.
“Dare I ask how things are on the home front?” Sky’s eyes, though slightly glazed from pain medication, had recovered some of their old spark. “I take it the barn’s a total loss. Do you think the insurance will cover it?”
“Some, but not all. The devil of it is, we’ve had three fires this year—the machine shed last spring, the wildfire, and now this! What if the insurance company canc...els our policy?”MoreLess
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