HEAD ACHE

When he tried to open his eyes the light shot arrows of pain into his eyeballs. he quickly closed them. he didn't know where he was. why did his head hurt so? opening his eyes a crack he thought he could hear a murmmer next to him. he started to turn his head to the sound but the pain was worse than anything ever before felt. he closed his eyes .
  a long time later  he awoke. slowly turning his head and gritting his teeth against the pain he saw sissy sitting next to his bed, asleep in the chair. her soft hair laying on one side of her angelic face. asleep she looked like a child.  as he stared at her she opened her eyes and stared back. a smile crossed her face. she reached out and took his hand and gave a soft squeeze. he tried to smile back but again the arrows of pain shot into his eyes. squinting at sissy  he marveled at her beauty. it was like a cool drink to a man dying of thirst.
  " damn, your good lookin lady." he said
   " how you feel ?" she asked
   " like hell. what happened? where am I ?" the questions spilled out of sams mouth.

   a little later coaly had come into the room and replaced sissy. " bout time you came around. "
   " hurts like hell to look up. sissy said I was shot? is that right?"
   "yeah, but that wasn't the worse of it. when you hit the ground your noggin found a rock. bad concussion. that's why all the pain. the bullet just got a little meat along your neck. when your horse came in we went lookin for ya." coaly was smilling but his tone was angry.
  " who did it? I don't remember a damn thing" sam groaned
  " we were hoping you would tell us. you were close to the vekhol road when we found you. foot prints behind you about a hundred yards back. they went to the road but stopped. must of been picked up. " coaly explained.
  " how long I been down? " sam asked
  "two days and a night" coaly was looking through the open door down the hall way.
   " where we at? smells like a hospital" sam mumbled
  " yep, casa grande hospital. Ralston and eppi been here. they think it was the same back shooter got eppi. same tire tracks and foot prints. " coaly was still watching the door.
   sam noticed that coaly had one hand in his lap. it was clenching a pistol. " whats that for pard?"
   coaly turned  to sam and smilled" insurance."
   "oh, is that really needed here?" he asked.
 " without looking back coaly nodded.  " Ralston said whoever done it wont stop at a hospital.   get some rest. we will go home when that head of yours stops throbbing."
 sam closed his eyes and sighed. sleep was a blessing right now