Affair of the Heart
“At first, sleepy and fuzzy-minded, she did not remember what it was she was looking forward to. And then the realization struck her. Jay’s home, she thought. Jay’s home.
She got herself dressed in pale-green slacks and a yellow shirt and brushed her hair until it shone. She dusted a little blush across her cheeks, put on mascara and lipstick, picked up her crutches, and went downstairs.
Ellen was alone in the kitchen. Caroline felt a stab of disappointment, but she smiled, leaned her crutches a...gainst the wall, and sat down at the table. Ellen chatted briskly the whole time she was fixing Caroline’s breakfast and sat down to have another cup of coffee with her. Ellen had come to approve of Caroline. “She don’t complain,” she had told Joe after Caroline came back from the hospital. “She’s hurting, I can see that, but she don’t complain.” Ellen had all the Irish admiration for stoicism in the face of pain, and Caroline had risen inestimably in her opinion. So now she told Caroline all about the hunting trip and Jay’s reception in Montana.MoreLess
She got herself dressed in pale-green slacks and a yellow shirt and brushed her hair until it shone. She dusted a little blush across her cheeks, put on mascara and lipstick, picked up her crutches, and went downstairs.
Ellen was alone in the kitchen. Caroline felt a stab of disappointment, but she smiled, leaned her crutches a...gainst the wall, and sat down at the table. Ellen chatted briskly the whole time she was fixing Caroline’s breakfast and sat down to have another cup of coffee with her. Ellen had come to approve of Caroline. “She don’t complain,” she had told Joe after Caroline came back from the hospital. “She’s hurting, I can see that, but she don’t complain.” Ellen had all the Irish admiration for stoicism in the face of pain, and Caroline had risen inestimably in her opinion. So now she told Caroline all about the hunting trip and Jay’s reception in Montana.MoreLess
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