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"I need n to my ears My throat is on fire and I have to work double time to stifle the sobs that want to bubble up

Man the fuck up, Maddox Eives ether and then offers her hand to help me stand I wave her off and stand--or atteht and I fall to h the halls

A few other staff members look over at me with concern One steps forward to offer Little Miss Yellow Crocs some help, but she waves him off

"Are you injured?" Her voice is low, controlled, and clinical Her worry fortru pieces

"Old injury that I aggravated," I hedge and go to stand again I cringe when I try to give et the prosthetic off so whatever daet worse

"May I check?"

I shakeher without words what she needs to know

She gives et you off your feet somewhere comfortable until the doctor finishes up with your wife and comes to find you, okay?"

She leads me to a small breakroom of sorts with a couch in the center of the rooof lockers on the other

"I’ll let the doctors knohere you are so that they can come and fill you in No one will bother you here, and if you need to make some calls to family, just use the phone on the end table next to the couch I’ll go get so some macho- your skin further Do you feel like you need anything else?"

I shake ust about ht back"

I move towards the couch, drop down, and leanthem here--but I feel so hopelessly lost that I don’t even knohich way is up

I roll up et the pressure off htly irritated and red, but luckily, there aren’t any sores A little ice and I should be good to go by the tiel pack, and hands me so the cool pack down

"You seehs

"Been doing it long enough," I say in ato listen to ht off it--even if it’s just for the night"

"With all due respect--"

"Tracey," she supplies

"Well, with all due respect, Tracey, I don’t really give a flying fuck about et to Eiveswith co in Afghanistan, so I can respect your pride when it comes to your body, sir, but you can check it at the door You hs, and I narrow my eyes "It’s written all over you, so it wasn’t too hard to guess You know your body better than I do, but I can pro you and no one else will You should be proud of everything you’ve overcome and not look at it as such a burden And before you ask, that’s written all over you too"