“What? What does that mean?” Shay asked when both Cole and Faith cheered.
Faith turned to him with a wide smile. “The fastest recorded quarter mile, which I just ran because these horses are virgin at racing, is during an official race was ran in twenty point five-seven seconds. The fastest mile was run in one minute, thirty-four point one five seconds. Both those horses were clocked at roughly forty-three miles an hour.”
“Holy shit. How fast did Champ go?”
“I don’t know, we didn’t register it,” Cole said with a grin. “We’ll do it the next time.” He looked at Faith. “Do you want to go again?”
“Yes, do you have the speed gun?”
“I do, it’s in the golf cart.” He turned and walked away, but was back in seconds. They set it up for Faith to run again, and this time, Scott was there, he used the speed gun, while Cole timed the run, and Shay started it. Faith thought six times around the track was good enough for Champ’s first race. Each time around the track Shay noticed his speed improved in both faster times, and faster speed. He had a million questions, but decided to wait for them until he got home that night and it was just him and Faith.
Scott switched out the horses, and though Faith did the same with the other horses as she had with Champ, and they were good, they still weren’t as good as him. By the time they called it a night, Shay was exhausted with all the horse lingo being thrown at him all day, and looked forward to a hot shower, and a relaxing night.
CHAPTER 20
Feeling exceptionallyhappy because of the events of the day, when Shay’s phone rang on his way to his truck, after clocking out for the day, he answered with a laugh.
“Hello.”
“Mr. Hall?”
Shay pulled his phone back and looked at it, didn’t see the caller ID, then brought it back to his ear with a frown.
“This is Shay Hall, who is this?”
“Oh, hi, sorry, this is Dr. Amelia Johnson. I’m calling because I finally got to go over everything Caleb was able to send me earlier. Do you have a few minutes for a few questions?”
“Yes,” Shay said, and instead of getting into the cab of his truck, he leaned against the bed of it. He saw Faith approach, and waved her over. He mouthed who was on the phone, and put it on speaker. “You’re on speaker, Dr. Johnson, and Faith is here with me.”
“Faith?”
“My girlfriend, she brought me to see you when I first got injured.”
“Ah, sorry. Do you want her to listen in on our conversation? I’m only asking because of doctor patient confidentiality.”
“That’s fine, I’d only tell her what we discussed anyway. She is my contact person.”
“Okay, then let me ask you a couple of questions. How many of the Oxy pain pills did you take?”
“None, I even gave the full bottle to Caleb this morning and asked him to dispose of them for me.”
“Wow, okay, what about the other pain pills? Do you need a refill for those? I’m going to need the name of your local pharmacy so I can send it in.”
“Nope, I haven’t taken anything for three weeks. I gave those to Caleb too, to dispose of.”
“Oh, wow, okay, and what is your pain level now? Between one and ten?”
“Zero. Doc, I don’t know whether you heard me or not, but my answers are not going to change. I have no pain, I don’t wear my brace after I get home and shower. It’s off all night. I’m talking from like six or seven at night, until six the next morning. I don’t take any pills, and I have no twinges or numbness. Caleb gave me a small brace just this morning because the other one was too cumbersome. Last week, I returned to mucking out the stalls, and though I didn’t do the wheelbarrow as much as I should have, I still used it.”
“Why didn’t you do it as much as you wanted to?”
“Because I still wore the brace you gave me, and frankly, doctor, it was a royal pain in the ass not being able to use my knee.”
“I see,” she was silent, and both Faith and Shay exchanged looks when they heard papers rustling in the background. “It shows that you’re due in to my office in two weeks. I’ll be out your way in a week and a half, if you can see me then, we can get this put to bed.”
“Just call me with the date, time, and location, Doctor, I’ll be there.”
“Thank you, Mr. Hall. I look forward to seeing you soon. In the meantime, keep doing what you’re doing, and if you need anything contact Dr. Lassiter, then myself. I’m sure, that between the two of us, we can help you.” They rang off, and when Shay looked at Faith, he shook his head at her.
