"What do people usually take vacations for?" Jake asked her, frowning. "Has no one in your life taken a vacation before? It's not such an unusual thing, Lois. I've been here for over a year now, I think, and I haven't once taken a vacation day except when I was in the hospital."

His ribs hadn't let him go back to work immediately. "I'm fine!" Just in case she'd forgotten, he was fine. He was okay.

"I'm just taking a break."