He did not answer. Somehow the pain in his back had cleared his head, and he saw how dangerously close he had come to falling in with her again. What luck his back had stopped him
No doubt about it. He had done it before and he recognized the signs. The pain was so sharp that he caught his breath. Very slowly and carefully, he lowered himself to the bed and lay there, wondering what to do next. He rearranged his travel plan in his mind. If he canceled one trip, changed another… Yes, he could do it in two days, as long as his back was better by tomorrow
The pain was so sharp that he caught his breath