Remedy House by Ruth Hay

Author:Ruth Hay [Hay, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ruth Hay

Hilary Dempster had not slept well so she woke in a bad mood. She had a busy day ahead with a volunteer appointment to take an elderly man to a hospital at noon and a very important session after school with Faith to which she was not looking forward. It was time to lower the boom on this refusal to deal with Shakespeare. The current Stratford program was not going to be helpful. They had included the Romeo and Juliet play in last year’s offerings so that idea went out the window. The girl would just have to knuckle down.

She heard voices as she walked along the upper hall toward the kitchen for one of Eve’s delicious muffins. It was so nice that such treats were once more appearing ever since Eve started feeling better.

Mavis had a hand in Eve’s recovery, for sure, but she was being discreet about the details.

Hilary had missed those muffins all summer although they probably did no favours for her waistline.

That deep masculine voice must be Andy’s. He and Vilma were having some kind of heated discussion in the kitchen. Hilary did want to talk to Andy about a couple of things, but she hesitated to interrupt them. It could be something personal. For months she had suspected there was more to this dog training business than Vilma would admit to. Andy was a very fit, good-looking man. Even at her own advanced age she could see the attraction quite clearly. People thought older women had lost their sex drive but they were quite wrong about that. The right man coming along at the right moment could waken them up in no time at all.

Oh, well! She would just go back to her room and make a note to tell Andy she had definitely heard some creature scrabbling about in the roof over her bedroom. He, or someone he could recommend, should go up there and inspect the roof for holes before they were overrun with squirrels or mice or worse. All God’s creatures were looking for a warm indoor home for the winter, but Hilary Dempster was not about to provide one in this case.

She stomped back along the hall and promised herself a large fruit explosion muffin from Tim Hortons. She might get one for James Mackenzie to cheer him up after his appointment. He was a nice old fellow in his early eighties. He had a fine Victorian house on Rideout Street that could use some foliage trimming at the front. He dressed well with a suit, a hat and a cane. She noticed his polished shoes. She thought he could well afford to pay for a cab to and from St Joseph’s Hospital but she surmised he just wanted the company.

She sympathized. There was nothing more isolating than sitting all alone in a hospital waiting room feeling nervous, with no one to talk to. She would stay with him until he was ready to go home again. She could plan what she would say to Faith tonight while he was with the doctors.

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