A Love Transformed by Tracie Peterson

Author:Tracie Peterson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042030;FIC042040;FIC014000;Christian fiction;Love stories
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2016-07-08T04:00:00+00:00

While Joe kept company with Curtis, Clara readied the moist towels. She had to admit she was relieved to not be tending to Curtis’s back. She hadn’t anticipated the way just helping him to sit would make her feel. She hadn’t touched him in so very long. Hadn’t touched any man, for that matter. She couldn’t even remember the last time she and Adolph had embraced. He had never been one to show much affection.

Since the children had been up since five-thirty, Clara sent them to bed for an afternoon nap. Neither one protested, which didn’t surprise her, since they had yawned all the way through lunch. Now with them sound asleep and Curtis’s half hour of sitting at an end, Clara once again thanked God for sending Joe back to the ranch early.

“You knew what I needed, Lord. Even before I did.”

She placed the rolled-up towels on a tray and then pulled a bottle of lotion from her apron pocket and put it there as well. Doing so, she saw how her hand trembled. It was silly to be so apprehensive, but just the idea of being so close to him—even with Joe there—left Clara feeling all jittery. This was the kind of care a wife would give her injured husband.

She entered Curtis’s bedroom with the tray and a smile. She saw that Joe had already removed the lunch dishes and had helped him to lie back down. Now both men watched her with an expression of curiosity.

“I’m anxious to know just how this massaging will help,” Joe said. “If it’s a good thing, I’ll let Curtis return the favor once he’s up.”

Clara laughed. “The doctor said the moist heat will help the muscles relax, and the massage will further the blood flow and help Curtis not to feel so stiff after being in the cast for so long.” She looked at Curtis. “I hope this won’t be too hot. The doctor said the hotter the better, but I certainly don’t want to burn you.” She put the tray with the towels and lotion on the bedside table.

“Joe, the doctor said we needed to roll Curtis on his side and prop the casted leg with pillows.” Clara reached for some of the extra pillows. “If you’ll get him on his side and hold up the leg, I’ll position the pillows.”

“You can just let Joe do it.”

She looked into Curtis’s eyes and thought she detected uneasiness. “Well, once I show him what is to be done, of course I will let him see to it.”

“I’d feel better if she did show me,” Joe added. “I can’t say I’ve ever been much good at doctoring sick folks.”

Clara went to Curtis’s casted leg. She set the pillows to one side. “All right, Joe. You take hold of his hips. Be careful to keep the blanket over him. No sense in embarrassing us all.” She knew from what Madeline had said that Curtis hadn’t been able to wear any clothing under the body cast.

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