Chapter 9 #2
After telling her the time, she nearly leapt from the bed.
But when she sat back down, he told her to be careful as she made her way to the bathroom.
He wouldn’t admit this to anyone, but when he stood up to join her in the shower, he was dizzy too.
They’d burned a great deal of calories last night, and he didn’t know if he could make it without holding onto things as he went.
As soon as he got into the shower with Elaine, he did feel better but not great.
He was sore from the bottom of his feet to his head.
Christ, who knew that having sex, especially as much as they’d had, could render a person weak as a newborn.
And he’d do it all over again, too, if given the chance.
They didn’t do anything but hang around the house.
At some point, they ate lunch and enjoyed more of the ham, but other than that, they just hung out together and talked.
It was a special day for the two of them, and he didn’t want to ruin it by talking about David or any of the crap he’d pulled on her.
One only had to look at Elaine to know what he’d done, but for the most part, they talked about the upcoming holidays and the plans they were going to make for next summer.
The camper was going to be epic for them, and he couldn’t wait to go shopping for one.
“I want one with more than one bedroom. So that we can have an office if we need it.” He said that he liked that idea and would get him another laptop to leave in the thing while they were home, too.
“You’ll need to have it updated if you do that too much.
I only know that because I heard someone saying something about it when I was working.
Two of the teachers have campers that they use every weekend. ”
“I read that you should have a shakedown close to home the first few times so that you know if you needed something, you can run home and get it.” Elaine said that she thought that they’d have so much fun no matter where they went.
“I agree. This will be the perfect thing we can do with our free time, and since we both have jobs that don’t require us to be at home all the time, we can take weeks off at a time to have a mini vacation. ”
“That would be good. Just come and go as we please.” He was warming up to the idea and wished that they could have had this summer to have gone on some trips too. “We’ll have to make sure that the house is safe as well. Like stopping our mail when we’re gone.”
“That would be easy enough. Or have one of my brothers pick it up for us. They’d do it no problem.
Maybe they’ll all get campers, and we can make a road trip of it.
I think that they’d enjoy that as well.” She looked so happy that he wanted to make this work for them right now.
“I’ll do some research on campers. That’s what I do for Zander.
I’ll have just what we need when we’re ready to buy, so that we get the best one we can.
I’m excited for summer again, and it’s not even Thanksgiving.
What will we do when the snow is on the ground, and we can’t travel? ”
“Travel someplace warmer, I guess.” He said that he could do that too.
Though Tennessee didn’t get all that cold in the winter months, they could still travel as far as they wanted.
He wanted to see the country like they’d talked about before.
“I’ll have to get in better shape so that we can do some hiking. ”
“I run. I’ve not been doing it lately in favor of being with you, but I can get back in the habit soon.” She said that she used to run as well and had run in marathons while out of the country. “I didn’t know that. We’ll have to do that as well if we can get into good enough shape.”
They talked about getting into shape and decided that they’d need a gym membership or buy some kind of equipment for home.
He was all for the gym; he did better about getting things done if he had to pay for it.
She was of the same opinion; she did better when there were other people around to compete with.
Something else that he didn’t know about her was that she was competitive. He loved that about her, too.
~*~
Shipley ordered the usual tests on someone who was in the jail system so that he’d be able to say nothing about how they were treating him.
David complained and bitched about everything that was being done to him, and she tried to ignore it.
No wonder Elaine didn’t want to be around him; he was a whiny baby about everything.
“How much blood do you need? It seems like you’re draining me dry.” She told him to shut up. “You don’t have much of a bedside manner, do you. I thought you were supposed to be nice to your patients.”
“You’re not my patient, but a person that I’m making sure doesn’t have any complaint to bitch about later down the line.
You will be put on a diet plan too that’s going to keep you healthy.
” He whined that he didn’t need to be on a diet.
“Well, that’s too bad. What I say goes, and you’re just lucky that I don’t put you on a bland diet that has no taste whatsoever. ”
“You’d be mean like that. I want another doctor.
” She told him that she was it and that he was lucky that no one else was around to put up with his bullshit.
“Well, the least you can do is be nice to me. I’ve had some pretty bad blows to my life of late.
Did I tell you that I’m not allowed to talk to the two women in my life who were supposed to be there for me? ”
“I know one of them. Elaine is my sister-in-law by marriage.” He asked how she was doing without him around. “Better than you’ll be doing if you don’t shut up and listen to what I’m saying to you. I told you three times that you need to give me a urine sample.”
“I don’t have to pee all that much.” She explained to him again how she didn’t need all that much.
“Well, if you’re going to test it, there should be enough for me to give you something.
I have just a little bit of dribble, and that’s all.
” She wanted to slap the shit out of him again.
It had been like this since she’d gotten him in a room at the hospital.
“Does your husband have a mistress?” Shipley told him no, that she was more than enough for him. “If you treat him like you are me, I’m betting that he’d jump at the chance to have one. You’re kind of mean all the time.”
“I have better things to do than to hang around you.” He was quiet for about ten minutes.
She’d bet anything that he was trying to figure out what she’d been saying to him.
For someone who worked in a school system, he was fairly stupid.
She wondered if they gave tests to be able to be around children and decided that he more than likely cheated.
“I’m ready for that sample. Give it to me, or I’m going to squeeze it out of you by milking our penis. ”
“You can’t do that.” She told him to watch her. “Gees Lousie, you’re mean. I bet if you had any kids, they’d be bullies.”
“No, they wouldn’t because I would never bully them.
It’s you I don’t like, and that’s why I’m treating you like I have been.
You hurt someone that I love.” He snorted at her and took the sample bottle with him to the bathroom.
She wanted to give him instructions again, but it would be a waste of time.
He seemed bent on doing things wrong for her.
“Hurry up. I don’t have all day to waste on your ass. ”
“I’m coming.” She didn’t find anything wrong with him so far, but there were test results that still had to come back.
Most of them had already, and he was in good health.
It was keeping him that way for the next year that bothered her.
He didn’t seem to understand that he had to eat better now that he was in the system.
He handed her a nearly full cup of urine when he came out of the bathroom.
“I had to strain that much out for you. I don’t want to have to do that again, so make sure you do it right the first time. ”
She was going to kill him and save the state a great deal of money on a trial.
As she dipped the stick in the urine, she waited for the result while thinking of the number of people who would thank her for killing him.
He was nothing but a little shit anyway, so no one would miss him if he suddenly turned up missing.
She’d bet that even the police would be thrilled that he was gone.
“Everything is good.” He asked about the urine test and what it was for. “To check to see if you’re diabetic or have any kind of infection. You don’t. So I don’t want to hear about you having issues as soon as you get back to jail.”
“Why are you sending me back? Isn’t there a room that I could be put in for the night?
I’d love to be able to watch some television for a night.
” She told him no, he was going back to jail.
“You’re just mad about having to test me.
That’s all. I’m betting that when you get home, you’re going to remember a test you didn’t run, and I’m going to be right back here getting them done.
Won’t it save you time just to make sure by letting me stay the night so that in the event that you remember something, I’ll be right here where I can have them ran? ”
“No. I didn’t forget anything because I have a list that I have to perform on you. I followed it and did whatever I was required to do.” He looked like a child who had had his favorite toy taken from him. “Straighten up, jack ass, before I have to probe you.”