Saving Dr. Ryan (2003)
“Ryan Chapter 7 “You here again? Dammit, woman—I do not understand why you can’t just leave me the hell alone!”
Since, word for word, this was how Jimmy’s uncle had greeted her every time she’d come to visit him during the past two weeks, Maddie didn’t even blink.
And each time, her reply was the same.
“Because,” she said over the drone of the TV as she walked right past where her uncle was sitting and over to his roommate, Charlie, “you are my only living relative and I care about you whether y...ou want me to or not.” She smiled brightly for the old black man, his cast leg extended in front of him. “How are you today, Charlie?”
“Well, I reckon I’m doin’ okay, Miz Maddie.” At the sight of the cookie tin in her hands, a pair of bushy gray brows lifted over yellowing eyes. “What’s that you got there?”
“Since it’s nearly Halloween, I thought you all might like some pumpkin cookies.” She opened the tin; Charlie wasted no time in reaching for one with a gnarled brown hand.MoreLess
Since, word for word, this was how Jimmy’s uncle had greeted her every time she’d come to visit him during the past two weeks, Maddie didn’t even blink.
And each time, her reply was the same.
“Because,” she said over the drone of the TV as she walked right past where her uncle was sitting and over to his roommate, Charlie, “you are my only living relative and I care about you whether y...ou want me to or not.” She smiled brightly for the old black man, his cast leg extended in front of him. “How are you today, Charlie?”
“Well, I reckon I’m doin’ okay, Miz Maddie.” At the sight of the cookie tin in her hands, a pair of bushy gray brows lifted over yellowing eyes. “What’s that you got there?”
“Since it’s nearly Halloween, I thought you all might like some pumpkin cookies.” She opened the tin; Charlie wasted no time in reaching for one with a gnarled brown hand.MoreLess
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