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"Are you trying to remind me of my inability to drive you out of your lane?" Her mouth was next to his ear so he felt a s.h.i.+ver run involuntarily down his spine. 

His lower half reacted so he recoiled backwards by stepping so he would not embarra.s.s himself. Henry gathered his composure and cleared his throat. "I think I know that once you are steady that I would not stand a chance. You're my little pro driver. I am happy though that this collision did not cause me to get smacked by two crutches as was your progress a couple days ago."

"I don't mind being uprighted by you. My physical therapist would have critiqued my fall.  I am very happy not to be listening to that lecture again this week." She weighed her cane in her hand as she opened the underarm cuff to get her balance. She straightened with a bit of a wobble before Henry tightened his grip on her arm. "I will tolerate having some help today. You know it would have been more impressive if you were bitten by a radioactive spider and were a newspaper photographer, but you know making sure I don't faceplant on concrete is a good enough heroic deed for me. I was saved by Ironman."

"I don't think you know your superheroes well. You might have gotten them mixed up." Henry began slowly, but Ellie had marched on so he had to jog to catch up to her. His reaction to her sudden closeness had faded so he changed the subject smoothly. "We have to walk over to the double doors because this door is the service entrance. This is where I was supposed to meet the mechanic. You can see that keycard reader up ahead with the security guard?  That's where we need to go."

"Are you sure that this is open to the public?  It's also strange that a barn would need security. It's a truck storage site?" Ellie looked to him with a befuddled expression as they made slow progress. Ellie was impatient to get ahead but Henry held her back so they had steady even progress. It was obvious to Ellie that he thought she was going to fall on the concrete again.