X-rays revealed no broken bones, but the swelling indicated a bad sprain, and she held Jack’s hand as the nurse wrapped an ACE bandage around her ankle to stabilize it. She was sent home with a bottle of pills and told to keep off the leg for the next few days, which meant staying in bed with it elevated—no going into work for at least a week, much to her delight, but no unpacking her craft room, either, That would have to wait until she was up and around.
It was very late when they finally left the hospital, almost midnight, and Lori could tell from the set of Jack’s jaw that he wasn’t in the mood to talk about what had happened. She might have a doctor’s note keeping her home from work, but he had to be at RVA Auto and Tire bright and early the next day. As he often liked to say when Br
