Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Chapter 48 "I Do"

Chapter 48 "I Do"

It was Christmas Eve, and Logan was waking up in the queen size bed in his sister's guest room on the first floor. Opening one eye, Logan looked at his youngest nephew, Nate's big brown eyes, as he leaned close to his uncle giggling.

"What are you doing?" Logan asked his nephew, reaching out and grabbing him around the waist, lifting him on the bed. Nate let out a squeal and landed on his uncle.

"Are you getting up?" Nate asked him.

"Why?" Logan replied with a grin on his face.

"Cause I want to play."

"You do, huh. It's too early to play," Logan said and began tickling him.

Nate let out another squeal of laughter, yelling, "Stop, Unca Logan..." Nate rolled off Logan and then began to bounce on the bed.

"Alright, alright," Logan said, grimacing as the pain went across his hip from the jarring motion of the bed. "If you stop bouncing, I'll get up."

"K," Nat said as he flopped on the bed beside his uncle. Slowly Logan sat up and swung his legs to the side of the bed.

"Nate, could you bring me my cane? It's over there beside the chair."

"K," Nate replied and slipped off the bed, running to the chair and returning with his cane.

"Why do you need 'dis?" Nate asked, handing the cane to his uncle.

"It helps me walk since my leg is not as strong as it was."

"Does it hurt?" he asked.

"Sometimes," Logan replied. "Listen, Bud, go see if mom has any coffee, and I will meet you in the kitchen, and then we can play your new game."

Nate quickly ran out of the guest bedroom, yelling, "Mom... Uncle Logan wants coffee." Logan could hear his sister.

"Nathan, did you wake up your uncle?"

"No, he waked up."

Logan chuckled when he stood up and realized that staying in the guestroom at his sister's will not be peaceful, but it beats the alternative of staying at the rehab center. He limped over to the bathroom that was attached to the guest room. After taking care of business, Logan leaning on the counter looked at his reflection. His eyes looked hollow, and there were dark circles under them. Splashing water on his face, he thought, "How am I going to get through today?"

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Jess woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. Reaching over, he grabbed the phone, hoping it wasn't the hospital or rehab center. His vacation officially started yesterday, and he was looking forward to the next week and a half with his pretty girlfriend, Ashlyn.

"Good morning," he answered with a husky voice.

"G'day yourself. How did you sleep?" Ashlyn's cheerful voice made him smile, and he felt himself stir longing for her.

"I had these crazy dreams about phallic shape food that you ate in front of me."

"Naughty," she giggled.

"Speaking of Naughty, did Rory appreciate the naughty candy items you bought her at that candy store we went too?"

"Yes, she did. She was such a good sport. However, she implied that my brother was going to enjoy them, which I may add; no sister wants to hear about her brother."

"I can understand that." Jess chuckled, thinking about how red she must have gotten. "I have a surprise for you."

"What?" she asked him eagerly.