Paint - 6

I had waited in the little waiting area until John - that turned out to be his name - came out. He smiled at me.

“Thanks, Richard,” he said, “I hadn’t realised how dangerous it was.”.

“Are you OK?” I asked.

“Right now, yes, but he is phoning my foreman to tell him all about it and to recommend I get a week off on full pay, straight away, in case symptoms develop. All I have to do is to phone in each day to say that I haven’t got a cough or a tight chest. How about you?”

“I’m completely clear.”