Chapter 7He felt better after a cup of tea and some cereal.
“I’ve got to go and runs some errands in a bit,” Luke said, his back to Alex whilst he washed up the bowls. “Will you be okay while I’m out?”
Alex looked over at him from the sofa, startled. “Yeah, fine,” he said. “I’m knackered. I just need to sleep, I think. I’ll sack out here for a bit…” He gestured down his body, already stretched out on the sofa—which Luke couldn’t actually see since he was facing away, “…and potter round and sort myself out. I can get a taxi back to the hospital on Monday to get it put in plaster and then I’ll see about coming back in to work.”
He was pleased at how steady his voice remained. His body was still one big ache when he moved anything and a smaller ache when he didn’t.
Luke came over and flop
