Reading chapter 1 first will help understand the following. Strong Sexual Content.
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Bev woke up the next morning with a smile still on her face. Her breakfast tray was just brought in and she needed her coffee. After she finished and before she had her bath and bed change, she worked out on the trapeze. She was trying to get her arms stronger and to work her way up to sitting straight without pain. The pain was a little less each day and she was almost able to sit fully on her bottom. Just after her bath and bed change Lou came in and said he needed to give her a heads up. This afternoon an officer, he did not know who yet, was coming to see her from JAG. He had no idea why the lawyer wanted to talk with her.
Bev said thanks, she would be on her best behavior. He took her hand for a few seconds and then left. Bev wondered what was going on, was she in trouble for what happened in Iraq? A resident came in and told her it was time to get her stitches out. Bev was relieved that it was one of the female residents as she knew she would have to be exposed and some of the stitches were only about two inches from her pussy. She was glad they would finally come out, that was another step closer to her being over the worst part of this ordeal. Bev asked the resident if it would be easier for her to move over to the edge of the bed so she could sit and be more comfortable.
The resident said she had not thought of that and if Bev did not mind that would be great. Bev did and the resident opened the suture removal kit and then sat and put gloves on. She told Bev this should not hurt but once in a while the skin had attached itself to the suture and pulled as it came out. When the resident uncovered Bev she said WOW. She had never seen Bev's bottom and there were over 100 stitches on each side. She got started and a couple of times one did pull and hurt but 40 minutes later they were all out. The resident said she should wait 2 more days and then Bev could get into the shower. Bev did not mention it would probably be more than that anyway.
Bev then asked the resident for a favor; would she please give her a prescription for birth control pills. Could she not chart it, just write one out for her to take to the drug store? Bev added she wanted them to regulate her period, she had been on them before for that reason. The resident said no problem and took a pad out of her pocket and wrote one out and handed it to Bev. Bev thanked her profusely and she picked up her stuff and left. After she was gone she reached down and felt her bottom and could tell a big difference already. She got herself back in the middle of the bed and covered up.
After lunch Captain Lou Lincoln knocked at her door. She said come in and he and a Major entered. Lou was very formal with her and introduced Major Frank Simmons to her. The Major was smiling so that made Bev feel a little better. He then turned to Lou and said unfortunately his conversation with the Major needed to be attorney client confidential and would he please leave them alone. Lou said sure, he understood fully and left. Major Frank asked if he could pull the chair over to the bed and Bev said sure. He did and got seated and pulled some paperwork out of his briefcase.
He started out by saying he was here today in the role of representing her in the matter he had to bring up. Bev nodded her head and he asked if she knew a Sandy Larson and she said she did. He told her that the hospital had a rule that NO lawyer could come and visit a patient at any time. They had to produce their paperwork to JAG and they would take it to the patient after getting medical approval. He handed her some of the paperwork and said that this Sandy was asking for a divorce. He asked her to look over the papers and then they would discuss it. It took Bev about 10 minutes to read and reread them. She looked at the JAG officer with surprise on her face.
He looked back at her with a smile on his face. He said he had not seen anything like it before. Sandy was taking responsibility for being the "bad guy" here, Bev had done nothing wrong. He was also offering a large sum of money and another sum of money for ½ of her share in their home. Bev knew they had only had it for a couple of years and there could not be a lot of equity in it, yet he was giving her 50% of the purchase price. He also offered to either ship her belongings to where ever she ended up or tell him the value of them and he would pay it. Bev asked the Major if he saw anything wrong or had she missed something. He said no, he thought it was more than generous.
He asked Bev if she knew why he was doing this and she said yes, thought for a few seconds then told him the truth; Sandy could not face having a wife with no legs. He just shook his head. He asked Bev if he could afford all of this and she said she thought so but wanted some kind of assurance the money would be there if she signed off. He agreed and said he would get in touch with his attorney. As he got up he asked if there was anything else she wanted from him and she said no but would think about it while he was checking things. The Major thanked her for her time and she said no, thank you. He left and closed the door. Bev wondered if Lou had waited but he did not come back in.