212 Lp: a Novel
“Inside the tiny efficiency studio that Glen Forrest Communities called her mother’s “apartment,” Katie Battle filled a green-tinted glass with water from the sink and placed it on the small rosewood table that doubled as both nightstand and end table between the empty bed and the chair that her mother currently occupied. Once she received the e-mail about her mother’s latest fall, she’d wrapped up the tour with the Jenning couple and made it to the assisted living center as quickly as she could....
Katie sat on the bed and watched as her mother slowly raised the glass to her lips with a quivering hand.
“Don’t you…even..think…about grabbing…one of those…ridiculous children’s toys…on top of my icebox.”
Katie had purchased a box of plastic straws for her mother four months earlier, but they still sat unopened on top of the refrigerator. “Those are for children,” her mother had said. “I start using one of those, and the next thing I know, you’ll be trying to feed me with a miniature spoon passed off as an airplane.”MoreLess
Katie sat on the bed and watched as her mother slowly raised the glass to her lips with a quivering hand.
“Don’t you…even..think…about grabbing…one of those…ridiculous children’s toys…on top of my icebox.”
Katie had purchased a box of plastic straws for her mother four months earlier, but they still sat unopened on top of the refrigerator. “Those are for children,” her mother had said. “I start using one of those, and the next thing I know, you’ll be trying to feed me with a miniature spoon passed off as an airplane.”MoreLess
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