Diana said to her “He has shown a willingness to change here. Are you willing to accept him as he tries at home? Frankly, it can’t be all him. Given what we understand your relationship has been lately I think you both need to bend a little. Give and receive.”
“Me? He’s the one who has been a dickhead.”
“Yes, you too. It takes two to make a relationship. You need to be willing to give it a shot as well. And you can start with dumping the insults. You both need to change your attitudes. So, the question remains, are you willing to try and salvage your marriage?”
“If you put it that way…He really said he’d change?”
“He did and showed he could.”
“Just what kind of ‘incentives’ did you give him? I’m still sure he tried to fuck you both.”
“To be frank, he did try. But we were only willing to do so much with his massages. A little physical stimulation went a long way. It will work for you, too.”
Ellie added “But, as I explained, he will need to be willing to give before he receives. I think you will enjoy him getting reacquainted with your body. You are a very attractive woman, so that shouldn’t be too hard for him.”
He interjected “Maybe it will be hard. I sure hope it will be hard.”
Diana understood his meaning. “So, play your cards right and that hardness will be relieved.”
The nurse came in with the discharge papers and he said to Allison “Let’s go home.”
Allison gave the girls another once-over and said to the nurse “These two seem to have worked some sort of miracle.”
The nurse replied “You can’t imagine how often we’ve heard that this summer.” Then she added to the girls “Mr. Jeffers has requested you stop by before you leave today, but I need your help in 222 first.”
Before they checked out for the evening they stopped by the Jeffers room, finding an older couple, apparently his parents, and a very pretty redhead with striking green eyes and a killer body.
He smiled broadly when they entered. “Hey, everyone. This is Diana and Ellie. They apparently took good care of me. Girls, this is my mom and dad, and the beauty over here is Carol.”
“We’re very excited to meet you, Carol. He has talked about you a lot.”
“And he has talked about you a lot, too.”
His parents decided the room was getting crowded, so took their leave, promising to return in the morning.
When it was just the four of them Carol said “I heard something about how you took care of him.”
Diana blushed, but Ellie spoke “We just tried some things to wake him up.”
“Tell me about these so-called massages.”
“Oh, they were quite real. We give them to lots of patients. And before you think we were after something from him you should know that we have treated both men and women, young and old, and have never asked for anything from any of them. Well, maybe we asked for a change of attitude a couple of times.”
“Yet he told me you did something beyond a massage.”
He explained “I thought it best to be up front about everything, and explain how it was what you did that brought me back.”
Ellie urged him on. “And did you explain how it worked?”