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Chapter 6 – Slippery Slope

The men continued talking and about an hour later, and then there was a knock on the door.

Francis, Spinelli, and Johnny dashed down a hallway to hide. Jason stood up to answer it.

He opened the door and there was a man standing there holding Liz in his arms. Jason held the door open. "What the hell happened?"

The man entered the house and placed Liz down on the couch. She was conscious but clearly in pain. "I was coming around the corner and I didn't see her and she lost her footing trying to avoid my car. She fell down an embankment." The man stepped back nervously as Jason's stature clearly intimidated him. "I'm so sorry."

Liz waved him off as she grimaced. She had some scrape wounds on her left arm and some cuts. She had twisted her ankle as well. Jason didn't know where to start.

"You should be more careful." He yelled at the man.

"Jack, it's okay, he didn't mean it." She said loudly.

The man headed for the door and ran out. Jason heard the car drive away as the other men ran back into the room.

"Johnny, get the first aid kit and some peroxide. It's under the sink in the bathroom."

He nodded and ran off.

"I'm fine Jason. I'll probably just have some bruises tomorrow."

He ignored her. "You're not fine. You're hurting." He said trying to check her wounds. He could tell she was in a lot of pain and he didn't know what to do to make it better.

"Please just sit back. I don't want you to damage all of my hard work." Liz said grimacing.

Francis knelt in front of her and untied her shoelaces on her injured foot. "This is probably going to hurt a little." He said softly.

She nodded and braced herself. Francis took off the shoe as quickly and gently as he could. He heard her make a noise and could feel her tense but otherwise, she sucked it up.

"It's swollen. You twisted it pretty good."

"I was running fast so my momentum was not working in my favor." Her fall was almost a blur in her mind. She was running and listening to music, and then out of the corner of her eye she saw metal and tried to step to the right, but there was a hill and she lost her balance and started to slide. The next thing she knew, some man was carrying her and placing her onto a car seat. At first, she panicked thinking he was trying to harm her. But, he kept apologizing profusely and she started to realize he wasn't going to hurt her.

Spinelli ran and got an ice pack out of the freezer and wrapped it in a towel. Liz flinched as he lowered it onto her ankle. "Sorry Radiant one."

"It's okay Spinelli." She said with a slight smile.

Johnny handed Francis the peroxide. "Can you find some scissors?"

"There over there on the desk." Liz said pointing.

Spinelli grabbed them and handed them to Francis who cut a hole around her right knee. He grimaced as he saw the rocks. He looked up at her. "What's the best way to clean that out?"

Liz sighed. "Irrigation" She looked up at Johnny. "Can you carry me to the kitchen?"

Johnny nodded. Francis took the ice pack off and Johnny picked her up. Jason followed them.

He gently placed her on the counter and turned her so leg was over the sink.

"Spinelli, bring me the scissors." Johnny said loudly.

Spinelli handed them to him and he cut off her stretch pants from mid thigh down.

"It's a good thing I shaved." Liz said smirking at Johnny's grin.

Jason stepped behind her. "Lean on me." He said as he felt her relax into his shoulder. He snaked his arm around her waist and took her right hand into his.

Johnny had made the water lukewarm and looked up at her. "You ready?"

She nodded and closed her eyes. She knew it was going to hurt. As soon as the water hit it was all she could do to not scream. She squeezed Jason's hands and whimpered a few times.

"I think that's good." He said drying off her leg.

They turned her and cleaned out the scraps on her arms.

"Spinelli, grab me a wash cloth and some soap please."

Spinelli hurried to the bathroom and then came back and handed it all to Jason. He gently washed her face and arms as Liz watched him. His touch was driving her crazy. It was actually a nice distraction as Johnny put peroxide and Neosporin on her wounds.

"You're all set."

"Sorry I interrupted your meeting."

"It's okay. You hungry?" Jason asked.

"A little."

None of them had noticed that Francis had left at some point. He came back with some sandwiches and chips. Johnny carried her to the couch and they all sat around and ate.

Francis turned and looked at Liz. "One time, we were on a stakeout, and Jason had to pee."

Johnny started laughing and Jason groaned.

"He jumps out of the car and runs over to this tree and as he's finishing up, a little old lady comes running out of her house with an umbrella, and starts beating him with it."

Liz started laughing.

"Jason is trying to zip up his zipper and fend her off at the same time."

"What did you do?"

"I shot her." Jason deadpanned as everyone busted out laughing at the look on Liz's face.

"The angel of death made a funny, ha ha." Liz said sarcastically.

Jason rolled his eyes as Johnny almost choked on his drink.

They finished up lunch and Johnny took Liz upstairs to her bedroom.

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"Do you want to get out of those pants?" He realized how that sounded and started laughing.

"You'd like that wouldn't you?" She said smiling. "Look in the 2nd drawer from the bottom, there should be some sweats."

Johnny went and got them. "Okay, how are we going to do this?"

Liz sighed. "Let's just do it. It's just a body."

Johnny gave her a look and Liz smacked him on the arm. "You're such a pain."

"So they tell me." He stood in front of her. He lifted her into a standing position and she held on to his shoulders as he pulled down her stretch pants a little bit and then sat her back down on the bed. He got them the rest of the way off and then he put the sweatpants on her. He held onto them. "Grab my neck." He said as Liz lifted up and he pulled them all the way up.

He stood back. "There."

He helped her scoot back on the bed and then he took some of her pillows and propped her leg up. Johnny grabbed the blanket at the foot of the bed and laid it on top of her and then handed her the tv remote.

"Anything else Princess?"

She smirked. "No minion—be gone."

Johnny chuckled. "Seriously though, do not get out of bed without calling me."

She rolled her eyes. "Fine."