The Good Race: Book One of the Grayson Falls series by A.M. Mahler

Author:A.M. Mahler [Mahler, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fox Chase Books, L.L.C.
Published: 2017-05-31T23:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

AS THE DAYS stretched into weeks, Danny got stronger. He did all the therapy exercises Jackie instructed him to do, and when she was at the hospital, he did more. He began walking on her treadmill when she was gone, just a little in the beginning, and gradually increasing the duration and the pace. He was careful to take it at an easy walk in the beginning with a flat elevation. He was tired when he was finished, but he felt good. He could feel his strength coming back to him, and he was no longer winded going up and down stairs.

They fell into a routine of sorts since Jackie worked long hours. The hospital opened early and closed late. He would prepare breakfast for her in the morning and have dinner ready when she returned. If she was surprised by his culinary skills, she didn’t mention it.

While he could understand the need for downtime, it was beginning to make him stir-crazy. When she cleared him to drive again, the first thing he did was head out and buy a Ford F-350. When she needed physical assistance getting into the passenger seat, he took it back to the dealer and traded it for a smaller model instead. She had also purchased a new Jeep to drive when it snowed.

They continued to sleep in the same bed at night, holding and kissing each other. Though he reached new levels in restraint, he was determined not to go any further until he was cleared for all of it. She made room for his clothes and what little else he brought with him. Once he was given permission for travel and heavy lifting, he’d head back down to New York to pack up the rest of his apartment, sell his furniture, and ship the rest up to New Hampshire. He’d never thought he’d call it home again, but that’s exactly what was happening.

He explored Grayson Falls extensively. Sixty-four square miles of mostly farmland, it was picturesque and nestled in the White Mountains region. The downtown section was two square miles of brick storefronts, white churches with picket fences, the smallest post office Danny had ever seen, and an equally small town hall and courthouse.

The police station, he’d discovered, was in an old Victorian house—like the hospital—and disguised to blend in, but for the lighted sign out front. Ivy grew up the front of the building, and it looked like no police station he’d ever seen before. It was at the end of a row of stores, and next to it was Liberty Diner. The hospital was on the outskirts of downtown, with Jackie’s farm behind it.

There was a grist mill on the lower falls, two banks, two gas stations, one auto body shop, and one school that housed kindergarten through twelfth grade. Jackie was the only doctor in town. There was also a dentist, a barber, a women’s salon, and Sophie’s General Store. The town had exactly one traffic light, one pizza parlor

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