Today’s excerpt is from The
Tickleton Affair, Book #5 of the nine-book Janitors Series. Arnold taking the first step to leaving the
hospital. Enjoy and have a fantastic day.
m.j.
In Cottonwood ,
Arnold was
already getting antsy about being in the hospital, even though he felt
awful. He ached all over from the force
of the blast and his rough landing after being blown through the air. After a doctor visit, he called Nancy to see how she
was.
She answered the
call on the first ring. “Nancy here.”
“Hi, Nancy . It’s Arnold . How are you?”
“Fine. The question is, how are you?”
“Sore, but I’ll
live. The doctor just left and told me I
could try getting up and walking around soon.
Tell me about your situation.”
“I’ve got two
FBI guys here at my place—one of ‘em even cooked breakfast for the three of
us…nice guys. I’ve called Gold Rush as
you asked, and will soon be leaving for the plant. We’ve got that last shipment of Tickletons to
get off—the army’ll be coming by to pick them up in about an hour, so I gotta
hurry.”
“Yeah, I forgot
all about that. I’ll let you go. I’ll see you Wednesday—at the latest.”
“Arn, don’t get
any ideas about leaving that hospital too soon.
Do what the doctors tell you to do.”
“Yes,
mother. Just like you’d do, I’m sure.”
“So long.”
After he hung
up, Arnold
looked over at Evan and grinned as the other man was getting up off his cot
after only three hours of attempted sleep.
“Sorry. I guess you didn’t get
much sleep, between nurses, doctors, and me.”
Evan stretched,
yawned, and grinned. “No problem…you’re
the patient. I think I vaguely remember
one of my instructors at the FBI academy mentioning that there would be times
when we’d be expected to go long periods without sleep, and I got a little—a
couple of hours before that doctor came in.”
“Thanks. When you get through applauding, would you
also help me stand up?”
Evan
laughed. “A brainiac with a sense of
humor,” he thought. While Carlos had
been sleeping, Evan had done some research on his laptop computer on Arnold and
found out that the man was at least a genius—with an IQ that Evan didn’t even
know was possible. That the man was also
tough was evidenced by the way he took the unknown assailant out with his bat,
and the way he wasn’t going to give in to his discomfort for too long.
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