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The nurse looked taken aback by Leigh’s upbeat attitude, and then she looked i little pat on Leigh’s shoulder
“Any physical therapy?”
“I wouldn’t think so But you should expect to be very sore for a feeeks, and your ribs will hurt Your burns and cuts will require close attention, healing and scarring could be a concern—”
Leigh interrupted this new deluge of depressing rin “I’ll be very careful,” she said, and then she switched to the only other topic on her mind “Where is my husband?”
Nurse Mackey faltered and then patted Leigh’s shoulder again “I’ll go and see about that,” she proh with the ian was nearby
Exhausted froh closed her eyes and tried to piece together what had happened to her since yesterday, when Logan had kissed her good-bye in the
He’d been so excited when he left their Upper East Side aparter for her to join hiht with hiht site for theirthat would coned for the two of thean had already cos, so the site needed to be adaptable to the plans On Thursday, he’d finally found a piece of property that er for her to see it that he insisted they should spend Sunday night—their first available night—in the existing cabin on the land
“The cabin hasn’t been used in years, but I’ll clean it up while I’ an endearing enthusiasm for a task he’d always avoided “There isn’t any electricity or heat, but I’ll build a roaring fire in the fireplace, and we’ll sleep in front of it in sleeping bags We’ll have dinner by candlelight In the , we’ll watch the sun rise over the tops of the trees Our trees It will be very romantic, you’ll see”
His entire plan filled Leigh with a in a new play that had opened on Broadway the night before, and she’d only had four hours of sleep Before she could leave for the ive, and that would be followed by a three-hour drive to a cold, uninhabitable stone cabin, so that she could sleep on the floorand then get up at dawn the next day
“I can’t wait,” she lied convincingly, but what she really wanted to do was go back to sleep It was only eight o’clock She could sleep until ten
Logan hadn’t had any er to leave for the cabin “The place isn’t easy to find, so I drew you a detaileda piece of paper on her nightstand “I’ve already loaded the car I think I have everything I need—” he continued, leaning over her in bed and pressing a quick kiss on her cheek, “—house plans, stakes, string, a transo”
“A brooh joked sleepily as she rolled over onto her stoent?”
“Killjoy,” he teased, nuzzling her neck where he knew she was ticklish
Leigh giggled, pulled the pillow over the back of her head, and continued dictating his shopping list “Disinfectantmousetraps”
“You sound like a spoiled, pa down on the pillow to prevent her fro more items to the list “Where is your sense of adventure?”
“It stops at a Holiday Inn,” she said with a le
“You used to love to go caested we go ca on our honeymoon!”
“Because we couldn’t afford a Holiday Inn”
With a laugh, he pulled the pilloay froht from the theater Don’t be late” He stood up and headed for the door to their b
edroo—”
“Drinking water, candles, a tin coffeepot?” Leigh helpfully chanted “Food for dinner? A pear for my breakfast?”
“No more pears You’re addicted,” he teased over his shoulder “From now on, it’s Cream of Wheat and prunes for you”
“Sadist,” Leigh mumbled into the pillows A moment later she heard the door close behind hiazed out the bedrooan’s enthusiashthearted , and so poor, when they got o that hard work had been a necessity, and then it had beco day, their total coan’s new architectural degree, histalent—that, and their unflagging faith in each other With only those tools, they’d built a wonderful life together, but during the last few months, they’d both been so busy that their sex life had been al craziness of a new play, and Logan had been consuest, business venture
As Leigh lay in bed, gazing out at the clouds gathering in the November sky, she decided she definitely liked the prospect of spending the night in front of a roaring fire with nothing to do but make love with her husband They wanted a baby, and she suddenly realized that even the tiining the evening that lay ahead when Hilda walked into the bedrooh’s breakfast tray “Mr Manning said you were awake, so I brought you breakfast before I leave,” Hilda explained She waited while Leigh struggled into a sitting position; then she handed her the tray containing Leigh’s ritual breakfast fare—cottage cheese, a pear, and coffee “I’ve tidied up after the party Is there anything else you’d like o?”