Wonders Never Cease (2010)
“Emmet asked.
“Okay,” Leah said.
“You get lonely sometimes?”
She shook her head. “I don’t mind being alone.”
“Me neither,” Emmet said. “Gives a soul time to think. People today, it’s like they can’t stand quiet—always got to have something plugged in their ears or shoved up against their heads.”
“Some of the nurses stop and visit me,” Leah said.
“Well, who wouldn’t want to? I had to stand in line just to see you myself.”
Leah grinned.
“Brought you something from the cafeteria,” Emmet said. “Here... you go.” He reached into his shirt pocket and handed her a Little Debbie chocolate cupcake wrapped in clear plastic. “You know what that is, don’t you?”
“A cupcake.”
“It only looks like a cupcake. Truth is, it’s medicine. Doctors here hand out all kinds of nasty pills, but that’ll cure most anything that ails you. It’s a proven fact—give it a try.”
“I’m not sick,” she said.
“And if you eat those you never will be.”
Leah tore the plastic with her teeth and took out the cupcake.MoreLess
“Okay,” Leah said.
“You get lonely sometimes?”
She shook her head. “I don’t mind being alone.”
“Me neither,” Emmet said. “Gives a soul time to think. People today, it’s like they can’t stand quiet—always got to have something plugged in their ears or shoved up against their heads.”
“Some of the nurses stop and visit me,” Leah said.
“Well, who wouldn’t want to? I had to stand in line just to see you myself.”
Leah grinned.
“Brought you something from the cafeteria,” Emmet said. “Here... you go.” He reached into his shirt pocket and handed her a Little Debbie chocolate cupcake wrapped in clear plastic. “You know what that is, don’t you?”
“A cupcake.”
“It only looks like a cupcake. Truth is, it’s medicine. Doctors here hand out all kinds of nasty pills, but that’ll cure most anything that ails you. It’s a proven fact—give it a try.”
“I’m not sick,” she said.
“And if you eat those you never will be.”
Leah tore the plastic with her teeth and took out the cupcake.MoreLess
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