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Wincing, he propped hiher in bed, so that he could look at the two of us better "London," he et there?"

"Shayla would transport us with her ?"

"We don’t know," Shayla replied "The plan would be to check into a hotel and just… see how things go How you react to your initial surroundings Whether there’s any spark"

"All right," he said, wincing again as though experiencing a shot of pain "When do we leave?"

"Today," Shayla replied "At least, that was my plan before we found you like this"

He shook his head "No, I-I’ll be okay Hopefully this is just an off day and I’ll be feeling better tomorrow We should leave today, just as you planned"

Shayla exa his response Then she sighed "Okay" She reached for the phone to call To ready, but before she could place her hand on the phone, Josh reached out and caught her ar Grace can wait outside the bathroooes pear-shaped"

Pear-shaped I’d never heard that expression before But I guessed well enough what heto this after his last atte himself in the bathrooreed

"I’ll leave you to it, then," she said "I have some of my own preparations to do I’ll be back once I’m ready"

She left the room

I couldn’t help but wonder why today of all days Josh was insisting on this particularly I knew that he never liked getting assistance for taking a bath, but he had put up with it until now Why today of all days when he was feeling particularly down?

He slowly inched toward the edge of his bed and reached for the back of his wheelchair I watched anxiously as he grabbed the chair’s arms He pushed hied against the side, but he shook it off and began wheeling himself to the bathroom