Never Forgotten by Kelly Risser

Author:Kelly Risser
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing

Sunday morning, we woke up to a terrible storm. The sky was so dark that it looked like night outside.

“Ugh,” Kim muttered, pulling the pillow over her head. “What’s with Canadian weather?”

I laughed. “I don’t think it’s all of Canada, but we are on the ocean. Besides, you live in Wisconsin, remember?”

“Right. Snow.” She shuddered delicately before sitting up and smoothing out her curls. “What’s on the agenda for today? Hopefully, you weren’t planning a picnic.”

“Nope. No picnic.” I didn’t want to tell her that I hadn’t planned anything. “We could start with breakfast, and I’m guessing Grandma Mary made coffee.”

Mom was sitting at the table when we came in, looking exceptionally pale. I crouched in front of her and grabbed her hands. They felt clammy. “Mom? Are you feeling okay?”

She started to say ‘yes’, but quickly closed her mouth and shook her head. I watched her turn green before she jumped up and ran to the bathroom. Motioning for Kim to stay in the kitchen, I ran after my mom and knocked on the closed bathroom door.

“Mom?” I called. “Can I help?”

“Just a minute,” she said. A moment later, she opened the door.

“Do you need anything?” I asked.

“No.” Turning back to the sink, she ran a washcloth under the cold water and pressed it lightly to her forehead and then to her neck. Looking at me through the mirror, she said, “I think I’ve come down with the stomach flu. It’s probably best if I go back to bed. Your grandfather headed into town early this morning to play cards with a few of his friends. On his way, he dropped your grandmother off at Lydia’s house. I was supposed to follow and be there in about twenty minutes. Can you call and let them know I won’t be coming?”

“Of course,” I said, walking with her to her room. “Can I get you anything?”

She squeezed my hand. “No, I’ll be fine. I just need some rest.”

When I returned to the kitchen, Kim was sitting at the table with a mug of coffee. She had made toast, but hadn’t eaten it yet. She looked at me with concern. “How is she?”

“Stomach flu,” I said, adding, “nothing too serious.”

She relaxed. “That’s a relief. How do you handle all of this, Meara? I mean, it’s a lot to deal with.”

“I just do, I guess, although I never know if I’m doing the right thing.” Kim nodded and took a bite of her toast. While she chewed, I added, “I try not to think about it too much.”

Kim slid the plate to me. “Toast?”

“Thanks, but I need to call Lydia first and let her know Mom’s not coming today. Looks like you and I will be hanging out here, taking care of Mom.”

“That’s fine. I don’t mind.”

I called, and Evan answered.

“I thought you went back to the dorms?” I asked.

“Study group was cancelled,” he said. “I came back here to catch up on homework.”

He didn’t say it, but I knew he was also giving me some space to just hang out with Kim.

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