Chapter 207

At lunch, John arrived with sandwiches and salads for each of them, and they ate at the kitchen table. Susan winced as she sat down and was ready for ice again and bed rest. "My back's hurt before, but I've never had this much pain in an all-encompassing area. It feels like my back is on fire."

"Before when your back went 'out, you took it easy and, slowly, the muscles relaxed, and your back was fine. But I think you've strained them, and they are mad." He tangled his fingers all together, and she guffawed at him. "They're all twisted up and hollering at each other. What's so funny?"

"You are. You're silly. You make me laugh."

"Is it a good thing?" He asked.

"Yes, it is, John. I want to be happy, but for some reason I feel I'm cheating on Eddy. Don't you feel similar with your Liz?"

"This is probably terrible to say, but I don't. I lost my Liz a long time before she drew her last breath. I watched her die a little bit every day and, in the end, it wasn't her. When she chose n