Chapter 11
Ring! Ring!
Abbey reached over and picked up the phone off the bedside table. Only a few people had the private numbers so it had to be a relative or close friend. "Yes?"
"Hi there. Behaving yourself?"
Abbey smiled. "Yeah. Are you?"
"Well, I don't know. You have to ask the two women sitting by me."
"Jed!"
"You know I'm kidding. How are you doing?"
"Fine. I'm tired though. I went to the hospital to get an x-ray of my leg and it really took a lot out of me. I took a nap, but I'm still tired."
"Well, what's the answer? Can you start to put some weight on it?"
"I'll get that answer tomorrow when I see Dr. Charles. He'll tell me what the x-rays showed."
"What do you think?"
"You don't think I asked to see my own x-rays, did you?"
"Abbey, quit playing games. I know you did."
She laughed before replying. "Okay. Okay. I did look. There is a callus forming which is a good sign that the healing is going well. Hell, it should be as much as I've been off it. This damn bed is getting to be way too much."
"Well, if you hadn't…"
"Jed, we're not going there. It's done. I've learned my lesson. Let it alone."
"Okay! I'm sorry. Any other news?"
"No. Haven't heard from the girls this week. Guess they're doing okay."
"And Rebecca, how has she been? Still moody?"
"She was fine until this morning when she went to her room to get her jacket. When she left, she was upbeat and seemed to be feeling pretty good. And then when she got back, she was very subdued. She was trying to hide it from me but I knew something had happened."
"Have you asked her?"
"Yeah. She said it was nothing. But I don't know. My gut tells me she's hiding something."
"Do you want Ron to investigate? Maybe it's something at home."
"No. Not just yet. I will try later to get her to talk with me. She's single so I doubt if it's her homelife. Maybe a relative or friend is sick. She cleared her background check before she started working. Anyway, I don't want to scare her by having the Secret Service investigating her again."
"That can be overwhelming. Okay, well, just keep me informed. And call me tomorrow after your doctor's visit. I'm almost as anxious as you are for you to start walking."
"Is walking the only thing you want from me?"
"Abbey, that's not fair."
"Yes it is. Remember I haven't had any either."
"My dear, are you saying you're horny?"
"Jed! There had better not be anyone listening to you right now."
"Only Leo."
"JED!" Abbey blushed with just that thought. "Is he really?"
She heard Jed's laugh through the phone. "No, sweetheart. Nobody's here."
"Good. Now go do whatever you do and come home soon. I love you."
"I love you too. Bye."
As Abbey hung up the phone, she still was thinking about Rebecca's mood swing this morning. She would have to ask her about it later.
