““I asked you to come because I need your help.” ... “Those last may be the most difficult four words I’ve ever uttered in my life,” he said. “I thought I would choke saying them.” “I thought I’d faint, hearing them,” she said. “In my experience, men would rather have a limb amputated than admit they need help. And to seek it from a woman is completely unheard of.” He smiled. “The pain is nearly unbearable.””