He closed the door behind him and Becky gave me her full attention. I couldn’t reply. “Thank you.” His words were muffled by my shirt and a tear of my own gently rolled down my cheek. I was given the Purple Heart for being wounded by the enemy in a time of war.”
Stunned silence was the only sound for a good minute while they soaked up what I had said. I’m gonna go lay down.”. To Becky:
I’m OK, I’ll be coming home to you tonight baby. This guy owes you his life!”. It’s nice to meet you. You should be able to see him in about 30 minutes.”
“Thanks doc, how bad are his injuries?” I asked. “I saw my attacker standing no more than 50 yards from me. Haven’t you figured out by now that it takes more than that to kill me?” I was trying, quite unsuccessfully, to lighten the mood. Becky had been over enough to know about Carl’s cooking and hurried over to him. From Becky:
When did you kick his ass? “I saw
