Page 108 of Primal God

He sighs. “Fine. Don’t forget you have an appointment with me after your physical therapy session.”

“I haven’t forgotten, Daddy,” I tease.

His eyes flash with hunger. “Don’t tempt me,minha vida.”

I have a feeling I’m going to pay for that cheeky comment later, so I try to distract him.

“Do you think I’ll get a splint?”

“We’ll know more later, but usually people go into a cast.”

I pout. “I don’t want a cast.”

“Just think how much fun the kids will have signing it.”

“Fine.” I glance at my phone. “Ugh. I need to go or I’m going to be late.”

I kiss him one last time and then hurry out to the SUV. Inside, I realize how much harder it’s going to be to drive than I first thought.

Dimitri walks up to my window, tapping.

“Want me to drive?”

I glare, even though I’m not really mad. “I guess.”

He opens the door so I can get out.

When I’m in the passenger seat, he says, “This makes me feel better.”

I hum under my breath.

“Daddy will make it up to you.”

This has me shifting, because I know he will.

At the hospital, he lets me out at the outpatient physical therapy entrance. I’ve been once before, just to meet my certified hand therapist, Amber. When I walk into the gym, she’s waiting with a smile.

“Right on time. How are you feeling today?”

“Good,” I answer. “Just ready to get this started, so I don’t feel so useless.”

“Girl, you’re not useless! You’re injured.” She points to the area behind her. “I’m going to give you a tour and then we’re going to get started.”

She walks me around the gym, showing me different things.

“We’re going to get you on the arm bike after your appointment with Dr. Santos. Eventually we’ll add weights. But for today, you get to do some finger exercises.”

I must make a face because she laughs.

“Believe me, you’ll see just how much of a workout this is when we’re done.”

We go to a small table where she has me sit. After going through each exercise once, I see what she means. My wrist already feels tired, like I’ve lifted a ton or something. By the time the hour is up, I’m close to tears.

“Put some ice on that when you get home.”

“Oh, I plan on it.”

“See you on Wednesday!”

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