The Corporal Works of Murder (2011)
““What is it?” she called, fighting down the dread that immediately began gripping her stomach.
“Telephone,” Sister Anne whispered hoarsely. “It’s Sister Eileen.”
“What’s wrong?” Mary Helen quickly slipped on her robe and slippers. In her experience, anything good rarely came in an early-morning or a late-night telephone call. She hoped this call from her old friend was an exception to the rule.
“Nothing’s wrong. I think she just wants to talk,” Anne said reassuringly.
“At this hour?” Mary Helen... grumbled. Putting on her bifocals, she checked her bedside clock. Good night, nurse! It was six o’clock in the morning! What could be so important?
“Hello,” Mary Helen said.
“Hello, yourself, old dear,” Sister Eileen called cheerfully.
At the sound of her good friend’s voice, any grumpiness Mary Helen felt melted away. As it turned out, all that was wrong with Eileen was a little loneliness and a big desire to chat.
No wonder, Mary Helen thought. Eileen had been in Ireland for over a year caring for her sister Molly, who was slowly dying of cancer.MoreLess
“Telephone,” Sister Anne whispered hoarsely. “It’s Sister Eileen.”
“What’s wrong?” Mary Helen quickly slipped on her robe and slippers. In her experience, anything good rarely came in an early-morning or a late-night telephone call. She hoped this call from her old friend was an exception to the rule.
“Nothing’s wrong. I think she just wants to talk,” Anne said reassuringly.
“At this hour?” Mary Helen... grumbled. Putting on her bifocals, she checked her bedside clock. Good night, nurse! It was six o’clock in the morning! What could be so important?
“Hello,” Mary Helen said.
“Hello, yourself, old dear,” Sister Eileen called cheerfully.
At the sound of her good friend’s voice, any grumpiness Mary Helen felt melted away. As it turned out, all that was wrong with Eileen was a little loneliness and a big desire to chat.
No wonder, Mary Helen thought. Eileen had been in Ireland for over a year caring for her sister Molly, who was slowly dying of cancer.MoreLess
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