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I nodded. “I’m ready to blow this pop stand.”
He dug into his pocket and pulled out three Life Saver lollipops. “I agree. Pick a color and you’re out of here.”
I plucked the orange one out of his hand. “Just like old times.”
Dr. Perrault grinned. “Mari is emailing you your ankle instructions. I want you to stay off of it as much as possible. You’ll be ready to walk on it before the weekend.”
“Thank God.”
The doctor
used a stylus to put something in the chart at the end of my bed. “I’m ordering your discharge papers. You should be able to have lunch at home.”
I ripped the wrapper off my lollipop and popped it in my mouth. “Perfect.”
“Now, can we keep our meetings to checkups, Ms. Copeland?”
“Definitely.”
“Good. Keep out of trouble.”
“No chance of that,” Blake muttered.
I grinned around the stick in my mouth. “Thank you, Dr. Perrault.”
When he left, Blake pulled his phone out.
“You’re supposed to have that turned off.”
Blake simply lifted an eyebrow at me. “I’m having my housekeeper ready our room.”
I rolled the lollipop around my teeth. “You don’t have a housekeeper.”
“She only comes in once a month to do a full clean. This is a special occasion.”
That had to be a fairly recent development, because I knew Blake had…issues when it came to hiring help. “We’re going to the beach house,” I said.
He paused from his furious thumb strokes. “Pardon?”
“Did you know I designed the stained glass that arched over her back windows?”
He slipped his phone back into his pocket. “It doesn’t surprise me. What does that have to do with anything?”
“Beautiful work, Grace. You’re very talented, Grace.”
“You know very well that your work is superb. You don’t need me to tell you.”
Of course he’d say that. “It’s nice to hear, you know.”
“Is there a point to this story? You know, so I can tell you no. Because we are not going back to that house. You’re going back to the townhouse to recuperate.”
I ignored him. “Every inch of glass had been chosen by me.”
He sighed. “All right, I’ll play along. What does that have to do with this particular conversation?”
“When I was searching the house, I started looking at all the glass. It seemed to be the only common denominator.” I paused as he fisted his hands. “Did you really sic Jack on me?”
“I was left out of the loop on that particular operation.”
