Which excerpt from the story supports the inference that the narrator was not planning to ask for any help during her recovery? “Next to my stack of books was a stack of menus from which I’d planned to order all of my food for the next few weeks.”

“Since I was not yet feeling any pain, the sheer embarrassment of the moment was my main focus.”

“I thanked her but pointed out that it had been my fault that I ended up getting hurt.”

“I took a leave of absence from my job, formed a stack of books I’d been meaning to read for ages, and settled in for what would surely be some of the most boring weeks of my life.”