“I eat three plates and wash it all down with black coffee as the cat winds around my ankles. I hand her down all the beef I can nonchalantly pick out.“How’d the doctor’s visit go?” Grandad is drinking coffee too, and his hand shakes a little as he brings the cup to his lips. I wonder what else is in the cup.“Fine,” I say slowly. I don’t want to tell him about the test or about Maura and her missing memories, but that leaves me with very little to say. “They hooked me up to a machine and wanted ...me to try and sleep.”“Right there in the office?”That did sound pretty unlikely, but there’s no backing down now. “I managed to doze a little. They were just trying to get some basic results. A baseline, he said.”“Hu-uh,” Grandad says, and gets up to clear the dishes. “That must be why you were so late.”I pick up my plate and walk to the sink, saying nothing.Later that night, when I’m covered with dust but most of the upstairs is clean, we watch Band of the Banned.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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