Where You Least Expect It
“It had taken her a long time to find sleep, and then her dreams had been filled with images of Aidan drifting far away from her, nothing she did bringing him closer.
She snapped upright in her twin bed.
Gram.
It had to be.
She couldn’t be sure how long they’d sat in the middle of the living room floor rocking each other, but by the time Penelope had finally let go and stood, her legs had been stiff and she’d had to help her grandmother up. She’d seen Mavis off to bed, tucking her in in much the same way Mavis used to tuck her in. The move had seemed so strange, yet so very right.
Another round of banging. And this time a voice drifted through her closed door along with it. “Miss Moon? Miss Moon, are you here?”
Penelope threw the top sheet from her legs, grabbed her robe and ran into the living room to face the figure standing in the open doorway.
“Mrs. O’Malley? Is that you?” Penelope whispered, holding her robe tightly around her.
Her heart beat triple time as her mind raced through ...the multiple reasons Edith O’Malley might be paying her a visit in the middle of the night.MoreLess
She snapped upright in her twin bed.
Gram.
It had to be.
She couldn’t be sure how long they’d sat in the middle of the living room floor rocking each other, but by the time Penelope had finally let go and stood, her legs had been stiff and she’d had to help her grandmother up. She’d seen Mavis off to bed, tucking her in in much the same way Mavis used to tuck her in. The move had seemed so strange, yet so very right.
Another round of banging. And this time a voice drifted through her closed door along with it. “Miss Moon? Miss Moon, are you here?”
Penelope threw the top sheet from her legs, grabbed her robe and ran into the living room to face the figure standing in the open doorway.
“Mrs. O’Malley? Is that you?” Penelope whispered, holding her robe tightly around her.
Her heart beat triple time as her mind raced through ...the multiple reasons Edith O’Malley might be paying her a visit in the middle of the night.MoreLess
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