That last spot is whereit hurts." Very good." Doctor Chung patted my arm. "I think we're done with theexamination. It looks like you have sustained so...e minor damage to theanterior talofibular ligament." The ante-what?"The doctor swiveled on her stool and opened one of the pink drawers inthe row of light blue cabinets lining the wall. "It means you havesprained ankle." When she turned back to face me, she was holding asmall roll of tan cloth. "Fortunately, there isn't a lot of swelling,but I. " Ted leaned in and kissed Lisa's capsule near her cheek as she continued, "Now go out there and apologize to Ken. He knew nothing of my plans, and he is your best friend."Lisa's image appeared next to Ted, and she kissed him on the cheek.Ted touched his cheek, as though feeling her lips and said, "Okay, Lisa. Just so you know, I could almost feel your kiss. My cheek tingled from that. I only want one thing from you."Lisa looked at her brother and asked, "What's that, Ted?"Taking a deep breath,. He thought I was no longer worthy. It was like being splashed with ice water.He turned on His heels and left the room, then returned with a bottle of tequila in one hand and a shot glass in the other. He slammed the shot glass onto the wooden coffee table in front of me with a loud bang. I jumped. Then he filled the shot glass, some of the amber fluid sloshing out of the glass and puddling onto the table around the glass as He poured. "Drink it." He demanded. Usually I drank tequila with salt. I have learned to do my own makeup and my own hair now.Whenever I do that I think of you, too. I really do love you more andmore, mommy.I really have the Ryans to thank and I really try hard to thank themevery chance I get. All the times that Mrs. Ryan and I spend togetherlocked in the bedroom, having tea and talking, is so much fun. She hadtold me a lot of her personal favorite things that made her happy and Itry to make her happy all the time. In that first surgery when they didmy face, I.