The Bachelor Boss by Judy Baer

Author:Judy Baer
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2012-10-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“I’m so happy you finally saw reason, dear,” Lily said happily as they drove down the street to Clara’s house.

“I didn’t see reason. I just had to decide about the lesser of two evils,” Hannah said miserably. “You making yourself sick, or Ty yelling at me.”

“If my grandson fusses, I’ll tell him a thing or two. I know he’s being good to me, but it drives me crazy sometimes.” She turned to Hannah, her eyes twinkling. “Actually, I’m not nearly the spoiled old lady Ty thinks I am. I’m much more reasonable than he realizes, but he expects it of me so I give him want he wants.”

“Lily!”

“Don’t tell him, dear, and ruin his fun.”

Hannah groaned inwardly. Lily had both of them right where she wanted. And right now, she wanted to be with Clara.

They pulled up to the house and parked.

Clara’s sister greeted them at the front door. “Hello, Hannah. Who have we here?”

“This is Clara’s friend, Lily. Mr. Matthews’s grandmother.”

Margaret clapped her hands in delight. “Oh, my goodness! I’ve heard so much about you! Please come in.”

They made their way slowly to Clara’s room because of Lily’s bad foot—and, Hannah thought—because Lily was taking her time, eyeing the place. It was tidied up as it usually was, but the ever-present grime was still there. It looked as though someone had spilled grease on the hallway carpet recently and it was in dire need of a cleaning.

At the door, Lily turned to Hannah, “I’d like to be alone with her if you don’t mind.”

“Of course not.” Hannah knocked, opened the door and helped Lily to a chair. The cry of delight from Clara assured her that they’d both be all right.

Hannah returned to the living room and Margaret handed her a cup of coffee. “It sounds like my sister was glad to see her friend.”

“It seems so.” Hannah accepted the cup.

Margaret seemed as hungry for conversation as her sister, but after an hour of chatting, Hannah decided to check on Lily and Clara.

The two women were sitting together, poring over an old photo album, gray heads touching.

“It’s probably time to go, Lily,” Hannah said gently.

Lily put her hand over Clara’s. “I’ll be back, don’t you worry.”

The look they exchanged nearly broke Hannah’s heart.

Lily said nothing until they were back in the car. Then she laid her head against the seat and closed her eyes. “It’s worse than I thought. She’s so lonely and stuck in that tiny room. That lazy nephew does nothing for her. Oh, Hannah, it breaks my heart! We have to do something to help her.”

“Did she ask for help?”

“No, of course not. She’s grateful to have a place to live.”

“Then what can you do?”

“I don’t know yet, but I will figure it out.” There was steely determination in Lily’s voice—and something else, something Hannah hadn’t heard before. “There are homes, facilities, places where Clara will get better care. I just need to find something suitable.”

She looked sharply at the old woman who sounded as though she was short of breath.

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