"Good evening Mr. Higgins, we're just getting you up in your bed a little, it's better for your circulation that way."Jack looked at the IV running in...to his arm. "How long." He pointed to the plastic tubing."Oh probably another day or two. Kind of depends on how you react and how your vital signs are doing. We'll know more in the morning. Look Mr. Higgins I'm going to give you a shot now and it will help you sleep."Just what he needed, he thought, more sleep. "OK." He felt the prick in his. ..But then boys, girls and well, whatever will be boys, girls and whatever.Starting at the front of the house working her way back, Key's quietly checking every room had always helped somehow to blow off tension.And with some of the insanity around here over the years...If for nothing else it just made her feel useful, imparting a sense of control she seemed to need.Passing the living room, she caught sight of Hero and Ryo-chan snuggled up on the wrap around sofa.A brief moment of concern. Immediately, after these symptoms appeared the fellow went ash white and fell over backwards in his electronic swivel chair.Lenny coughed her embarrassment and stood quickly. She supposed that she had ought to do something to help the weird character. On the other hand, her mother had always told her not to touch anyone who was having a fit."Are you having a fit, Mr. Cubbings?"He scrambled clumsily up from behind the swivel chair and smiled weakly."No, of course not, just this infernal machine.. "Tommy, would you take me back to the house?"With a groan, I got up, reached down, and picked up my bikini-clad beauty."Tommy! What are you doing?" she squealed, squirming in my arms."You asked me to take you back to the house. Didn't you?" Yeah, but I meant THE HOUSE, not this one!" she said with a laugh, pointing to Matt's."Oh. Um, okay. You're sure you want to go back there?" I wasn't sure I wanted to. No, that wasn't true—I was sure I DIDN'T want to!"I don't want to go in, but can we just.
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