Wings of Love by Jeanette Skutinik Page A

spot at Dr.
Perry’s office.  She held the door for Adam as he walked
into the building.  She signed in for him as he sat down
in the waiting room.
    Adam was just about to lose his patience
after they waited over forty-five minutes when the nurse finally
called his name.  He followed the nurse down the hallway
with Amy right behind him.  They took a new x-ray of his
knee then placed him in a small room to wait for the doctor.
    Adam lifted himself upon the table, the white
paper rustled as his weight sat down on it. Amy walked over to him
and stood between his legs that dangled over the
edge.  She wrapped her arms around him and could feel his
heart racing.  “Don’t worry everything will be okay, I
promise.”
    “Good morning.”  Dr. Perry quickly
came into the room.  “Your x-rays look
good.”  Dr. Perry rolled up his pant leg and examined his
incision then he removed the twelve staples.  “You can
start your outpatient physical therapy today.  I’ll see
you in a couple months.”  He exited as fast as he had
come in.
    “Off to therapy now.”  Adam smiled
as he got down from the table.
    Adam’s physical therapy was right across the
parking lot from Dr. Perry’s office.  He had to ride the
bicycle for ten minutes to stretch his ligaments.  The
therapist also had him do many exercises to strengthen his muscle
as well as some weight lifting.  By the time he was
finished he was exhausted.
    Amy was reading a magazine when he came back
out into the waiting room.  “Ready to go?” She looked up
at him and noticed he looked wiped out.
    “Yeah, we’ll stop at the school and then get
home.  I was going to take you out to lunch but maybe we
can pick something up instead.”
    Amy drove to the Sanilac County Community
center.  She put the car in park and shut it
off.  “Why don’t I run in and pick your stuff
up?  I’m sure it will only take a minute.”
    Adam watched Amy as she strolled into the
building.  She was one in a million that was for
sure.  As he looked at her he could not help but
smile.  His emotions for Amy ranged from admirable to
zealous and everything in between.  He honestly could say
there wasn’t one thing that annoyed him about her.  He
watched her come out of the building as she carried his
books.  He only hoped someday he could repay her for all
she had done for him.
    “What do you want for lunch?”  Adam
asked as he smiled at her with appreciation.  “We can go
anywhere you want.  My treat.”
    As Amy pulled into the Burger King drive thru
window Adam shook his head and smiled.   Leave it
to Amy to pick an inexpensive fast food joint when she could have
chosen any restaurant in town. 
    “This has sure been a boring vacation for
you, huh?”  Adam took a bite of his
Whopper.  “Why don’t you go out tonight with the gang or
something?”
    “There is no place I’d rather be than here
with you,” Amy rested her hand on his.  “After you
recuperate we can make up for lost time.”
    “I’ll take you on a mini
vacation.”  Adam shared his idea that he had been kicking
around in his head for while.  “We can go visit Janet in
New York and hang out at all the hot spots.”
    “That is a great idea,” Amy’s smile beamed up
at him.  “I haven’t seen Janet in awhile.”
    Adam worked on his homework as Amy did a few
loads of laundry.  He paid attention to her folding his
clothes with her gentle hands.  She smoothed the wrinkles
out carefully before placing his shirts and jeans on
hangers.  She dropped a sock and bent over to pick it up
unaware that he was checking her
out .  Damn.  How am I supposed to study?  She even makes doing laundry
sexy .  He could not wait until his knee was stronger
so he could show her exactly how much he loved her.
     
    ***
    Amy watched the $20,000 Pyramid while Adam
was taking a shower.  He had his three month check up
with Dr. Perry this morning.  Adam had worked