I made my way down to the front door , got my shit together and opened , then shut the front door loud enough for them to hear . " Hey , anyb...dy home ?" making sure that they could hear me " Uh ,ya Dad Lindsay and I are up here trying on clothes " Zoe said her voice straining some I heard the door close . I went back downstairs and just sat at my desk dumbfounded . Jan got home about an hour later . I was still downstairs and she came down and said " what'ca. It didn’t cover his left leg. As they pulled into the x-ray room, the technician said, “Welcome, John Carter. The film is loaded. Let me position you and you’ll be out in three minutes.”John was amazed at the efficiency of the hospital. Then he recognized the technician as the one who had gotten the money from the other man. He went to look at the man’s badge for his name, but the guy was already moving his leg into the proper position for the x-ray. Someone else threw a lead-lined cover over. After some effort I managed to wedge the double doors open with the end of the matress & upon laying down I was pleased to discover my head & shoulders would be outside in the fresher air. so as the summer sun dropped below the trees I settled down for the night.during the heatwave I had taken to sleeping naked & I hadn't considered I could be visible to other apartments with half the mattress out on the balcony. even with the fresher air it took what seemed like ages to cool off enough to be. " Martin whispered to him.Andreus smiled. "Yes sire. Yes you have."Martin stood back up and gazed at him, a look of wonderment on his face. "This is Sparta?" It is Milord."Anja, Dysea and Aricia stepped up to him slowly, feeling everything that was sweeping through him. He looked at them, his eyes wide and alive more so than they had ever seen them. His sense of joy and happiness was coursing through them as well. Anja yelped in surprise when Martin snatched her up and spun her around, Aricia.