Me-Before-You-by-Jojo-Moyes

‘Nathan will enjoy it. Oh, come on, don’t look like that. It’s not as if I’m
ruining my perfect body, is it?’
I pulled Will’s shirt back down and then I turned and fired up the ignition. I
didn’t know what to say. I didn’t know what any of this meant. Was this him
coming to terms with his state? Or just another way of showing his contempt for
his own body?
‘Hey, Clark, do me a favour,’ he said, just as I was about to pull away. ‘Reach
into the backpack for me. The zipped pocket.’
I glanced into the rear-view mirror, and put the handbrake on again. I leant
through the front seats and put my hand in the bag, rummaging around according
to his instructions.
‘You want painkillers?’ I was inches from his face. He had more colour in his
skin than at any time since he came back from hospital. ‘I’ve got some in my –’
‘No. Keep looking.’
I pulled out a piece of paper and sat back. It was a folded ten-pound note.
‘There you go. The emergency tenner.’
‘So?’
‘It’s yours.’
‘For what?’
‘That tattoo.’ He grinned at me. ‘Right up until you were in that chair, I didn’t
think for a minute you were going to actually do it.’