They slowly made their way out of the park. He placed his arms around her shoulder and his hands on her elbows to serve as her cane.
"Don't try to use your injured foot. Putting pressure on it would only cause more swelling." He kept giving her caution because he was concerned that it would only worsen its condition.
But when he noticed that she was still having difficulty walking on one foot, and she kept limping with her injured foot. He decided to do something else.
"I hope you won't mind if I carry you instead. I don't think it will help if you keep hurting yourself further." Troy explained, stopping on the sidewalk as he waited for her to agree with his suggestion.
"But I think..." She was about to decline his offer when somebody else at her back interrupted their conversation.