Hellz Bellz
““No, she’s breathing,” said James. “She just won’t wake up.”
Josh stuck his finger close to the old woman’s throat and said, “What’s that?”
“Bruises. But how’d they get there?”
“Maybe she stroked out.”
“But that wouldn’t make those marks on her. It’s like somebody tried to strangle her.”
“Who’d do that? Your mother?”
“Nah, she wouldn’t do that.”
“Then who did? Think those freaks came in and did it?”
James shrugged. He put his hands on his grandmother’s shoulders ...and shook her again. “Grandma, wake up,” he said.
She didn’t respond. Her eyes remained closed, her head propped on the edge of a pillow.
“There’s her teeth,” said Josh.
James picked up the upper plate of dentures from a fold in the sheet and set it on the bedside table.MoreLess
Josh stuck his finger close to the old woman’s throat and said, “What’s that?”
“Bruises. But how’d they get there?”
“Maybe she stroked out.”
“But that wouldn’t make those marks on her. It’s like somebody tried to strangle her.”
“Who’d do that? Your mother?”
“Nah, she wouldn’t do that.”
“Then who did? Think those freaks came in and did it?”
James shrugged. He put his hands on his grandmother’s shoulders ...and shook her again. “Grandma, wake up,” he said.
She didn’t respond. Her eyes remained closed, her head propped on the edge of a pillow.
“There’s her teeth,” said Josh.
James picked up the upper plate of dentures from a fold in the sheet and set it on the bedside table.MoreLess
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