Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn

Author:Vince Flynn
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Politics, Suspense, Adventure, Thriller
ISBN: 1416505016
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2005-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

38

Rapp came out of his drug-induced sleep feeling groggy and disoriented. After a moment he realized he was in a hospital room. He looked down the length of his body at his knee. His leg was there, but he couldn’t feel anything. It was propped up in the air and covered with a blanket. Her touch was so gentle he didn’t even notice at first that she was holding his hand. He slowly turned his head and looked into his wife’s beautiful green eyes. Rapp blinked several times and looked around the room. The shades were drawn. He had no idea how long he’d been out. When he looked back at Anna, she smiled her perfect smile and asked him how he felt.

“Thirsty,” he answered in a hoarse voice.

She raised the bed up a few degrees and gave him some water through a straw. “The doctor says you did great.”

Rapp looked around the room again. “What time is it?”

“A little before eleven.”

“In the morning?”

“Yes.”

Rapp rubbed his eyes. “When can we get the hell out of here?”

She smiled. “I told them you wouldn’t want to wait around.”

“Can you open the shades?”

Rielly got up and pulled back the heavy gray plastic curtains.

Rapp squinted. He had the twisted look on his face that belongs to an extremely hungover man who is forced to endure the bright midday light without sunglasses. Anna knew there was no way they could keep him in bed for two more hours so she left to find his doctor. They came back a few minutes later and the doctor pulled back the sheet covering Rapp’s legs. He carefully unwound the Ace bandage and removed the ice pack. Rapp looked at his knee. It was yellow from the betadine they’d used to sanitize it for surgery. Rapp was surprised that it wasn’t more swollen and said so. The doctor explained that the surgery had gone very well. He’d cleaned out the cartilage and removed two bone spurs that were the likely cause of most of the discomfort.

“Can you feel anything, yet?” the doctor asked.

Rapp wondered which answer would get him home quicker. “A little bit.”

“Does it hurt?”

Rapp shrugged.

The doctor nodded. “Since you’ve been running around on this thing for as long as you have, my guess is you have a pretty high tolerance for pain. Your wife said you’d like to get home as soon as possible.”

“Yeah.”

“How do you feel?” the doctor asked.

“Fine,” Rapp lied. He had a splitting headache and was slightly nauseated.

“Your wife says you don’t want to take anything stronger than Tylenol Three.”

Rapp nodded.

“Good, but if you change your mind, call and we’ll get you something better.”

“The Tylenol will be fine.”

“I’ll get the nurse to give you a five-day supply. You’re in great shape, so I think you’re going to recover quickly.”

Rapp sat up a little more. “When can I start running again?”

“I’d like to see you give it up altogether, but since I know that isn’t going to happen, you should wait at least a month.”

“A month?” Rapp asked, obviously not happy with the answer.

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