Chapter 685

If that weren’t enough, the driver who had t-boned Jamie’s Bentley was drunk and a four-time DWI offender. So we had a certain degree of optimism that the legal issues would resolve favorably.

The biggest obstacle, however, was just helping Katie get around. A broken ankle and broken wrist were a difficult combination of injuries in any circumstance. But having a broken right wrist and broken left ankle made getting around beyond awkward. It was damn near impossible.

So the girls made a group decision that Katie needed to move into our guest house until she was capable of getting around. Given that her recovery time was longer than we wanted to necessarily stay in Houston, Kat and Rita insisted that at least one of them would remain home for the duration. Things had gotten pretty wild in LA, they said, and it was probably a good idea for them to take a bit more of a break from our frenetic lifestyle out there. Jess and I had business to tend to, they understood, but we w