SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHO I WAS—BUT SHE REFUSED TO LET GO

I hadn’t planned on staying that long. I’d just brought my grandma in for some tests, and we were supposed to be out by noon. But then the lab was backed up, her pressure dipped a little, and before I knew it, we were on hour five in the waiting room.

She got cold, even though it wasn’t cold in there. I wrapped my jacket around her legs and offered to get her water. She didn’t answer—just leaned over and curled herself against me like she used to when I was a kid afraid of thunderstorms.

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