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“Hello?”
“Hi Mary.”
“Jimmy it’s so weird that you called. I was just going to call you.”
“Is something wrong with Elizabeth?”
“I don’t think so she’s up taking a nap but I’m going to be
getting her up real quick to take her medication.”
“Good, make sure she stays on top of that especially the anti-nauseous
meds. Donna thought she didn’t have to
the first time and she wretched all night.
Finally it started working. She
never did that again.”
“Yeah I’m going to.”
“How did she do during the treatment?”
“She was pretty good. There
were a couple of teary moments but we kept ourselves busy and then she fell
asleep.”
“I was thinking about stopping by tomorrow to see her, if you
think that’s okay.”
“Sure that would be fine.
In fact there’s something I want to talk to you about and Johnny
too. Could you call him and see if he
could come with you?”
“Yeah, I can call Johnny and see what time would be good for
him. Sounds mysterious this thing you
want to talk about, am I going to like it?”
“I hope so. We do have to
go for some kind of shot for Elizabeth but I’m sure it will probably be in the
morning.”
“Okay, I’ll call Johnny and get back to you.”
“Okay, talk to you in a few.”
Mary went upstairs and knocked on the door and she heard Elizabeth
stirring. She opened the door and said
“You want to come down and take your medicine or should I bring it up for you?”
“No, I’ll come down” and she got out of bed and followed Mary
downstairs and into the kitchen.
Elizabeth got a glass of water and Mary handed her the pill
container. She looked at the instructions
on the bottle, took one out and gulped it down.
Mary’s phone started to ring “Hello… 2:00... Let me ask Elizabeth” she took the phone away
from her ear and said “Do you want to go for your shot in the morning? Jimmy wants to stop by around 2:00 tomorrow
to visit.”
“Yes that’s good.”
“Okay Jimmy we’ll see you two tomorrow” and she hung up the phone.
“I guess Donna must be coming too, huh?”
“No, Johnny is coming with him.”
Elizabeth squealed with delight.
“I told you I was going to do it.
Now how about something to eat, I don’t think you’ve had anything today
that I can remember.”
“I’m not really hungry.”
“How about if I make you some toast with peanut butter and jelly
on it.”
“Okay” and she sat and watched Mary make the sandwich as she pet
Lulu who had jumped on her lap.
“I’ve invited Sadie to come for Thanksgiving” Mary said as she
gave Elizabeth the sandwich.
“That will be nice. I
really would like to meet her. I should
be back in my home by then. You two will
be able to have your girl time together.”
“You don’t have to worry about that. You can stay as long as you want whether
she’s here or not.”
“I know but I have a perfectly good home of my own. I did pretty well when I stayed there last
night. It’s probably better sooner than
later that I get used to being there by myself.”
“You’re probably right.”
She had eaten most of the sandwich and then pushed it away and
said “I think I’m going to bed.”
“I wrote a schedule of your medications and put them on the fridge
so we won’t forget.”
Elizabeth got up and took it off the fridge and said “I’ll take
this upstairs with me for now. Good
night and thanks for today.”
“No thanks needed. I think
I’m going to watch some TV and then sleep on the sofa. If you need anything just holler” and
Elizabeth headed upstairs.
Mary washed the few dishes that were there. Then she got out the broom and swept the
kitchen floor. She went upstairs to the bathroom, brushed her teeth and washed
her face. She put her pajamas on and
came downstairs and lit a fire. She
closed the curtains and turned all the light off and lay on the sofa to watch
TV. It wasn’t long before she felt
drowsy. She turned the TV off. She looked at the fire and thought about how
she was going to tell Jimmy and Johnny about the B&B.
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