She shook her head.“Since this is his first shower since he arrived, I just assumed you’d need it.”She went to the bathroom, then came back out and went to another cabinet.“Here are a couple of towels too.”Turning to scowl at him, she ordered, “Use the bench.”She turned her attention to Dax.“If he puts weight on that leg, he could push it out of alignment.That could mean surgery and an even longer recovery time.”Laura shot him a look that clearly said she thought he was going to be trouble.Spider couldn’t say she was wrong, but he was trying to do what he was told, or at least mostly.He was probably pushing harder than some would like but he knew his body, or he thought he did.That workout this morning hadn’t been half as long as he’d been doing at least twice a week before the accident, but it had kicked his ass.
“I’m not trying to cause trouble.”Spider met her gaze.“I just want to clean up and take a nap.”
“All right.There’s a string in there—if you need help, pull it.We’ll get in here right away.”She looked at Dax, presumably waiting for him to acknowledge her.“All right.Let me know when you’re ready to get back in bed, then we’ll get that bandage changed.”With that she turned and left the room.
“Ready?”Dax asked, picking up what looked like a huge clear trash bag and hitting the latch on the door out into the hall so it could swing shut.
“As ready as I’ll be any time soon.”
He was looking forward to this and he was dreading it.Somehow, he sensed that was how the next several weeks would go.
Chapter Eight
Jordon draped her elbowsover the edge of the stall and watched Wildfire nose the foal curled up at her feet.The baby had been up and moving around once, but Wildfire seemed to want her up again.
“This is the best part of all this, isn’t it?”Lane said, coming up beside Jordon and bumping her shoulder with his arm, as if he was trying to gently wake her.
“I think so.But I didn’t think a big tough man like you would get all doe eyed over a baby or two.”
“I don’t for all of them, but you know Wildfire’s always been special to me.”Her brother shook his head but didn’t take his eyes off the two horses in the stall.“I was afraid she’d go too long, then the baby would be too big.I was afraid we’d lose her.”He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her against him for a moment.“Thanks for keeping such a good eye on her,” he said before releasing her.
“I need to go get cleaned up,” Jordon said.“I just wanted to make sure they were both doing okay after I got everything here done.”She stepped away from the gate.“Anything you need me for today?”
Lane shook his head.
“You were up all night with Wildfire.Anything that comes up I’ll take care of, and if I need help, we have two more brothers who slept last night—they can pick up the slack.But checking on them wasn’t the only reason I came in.”
“What is it?”She frowned, wondering what was wrong now.
“Dad sent me in.Told me to tell you he’s leaving in about an hour and wanted to see if you wanted to go along.”
Jordon yawned and shook her head but before she could say she was too tired and going to take a nap, he kept going.
“He said to tell you Spider’s getting moved to rehab and he thought he would go check in with him.What kind of name is Spider?”
“Oh, shit.I do want to do that.I need to hurry and get cleaned up.I’ll nap in the truck while Daddy drives.”She spun on her heel and headed for the house and a shower.
