The Summer Sisters by Sara Richardson

Author:Sara Richardson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2021-07-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Sassy

Sassy? Did you hear me?”

Moe asked the question from all the way across the room. But how was she supposed to answer when she couldn’t see straight?

“Of course I heard you.” She hadn’t meant to bite the poor man’s head off, but there shouldn’t be two Moes in front of her right now. There shouldn’t be two laptops sitting on her desk and two clocks hanging side by side on the opposite wall. The room shouldn’t be spinning as though she’d just gotten on the Seattle Great Wheel again.

Another headache had started early this morning. She’d taken the same over-the-counter meds that had dimmed the pain before, but then the vertigo attacked out of almost nowhere.

“I asked if you wanted to come over here and read this email before I send it.” Moe pushed out of the chair behind his desk and stood as though he wanted to get a better view of her.

“I heard.” Her hearing wasn’t the problem right now. It was her sight. But now the man started to come back into focus as the brief wave of double vision receded.

“All right. What’s going on with you?” Moe marched to her side of the office. “You’re not yourself today.” He parked himself in the chair across from her, a sure sign he wasn’t going to budge until he got an answer out of her.

“Nothing’s going on.” She slipped her bifocals onto her nose and read the first line of the town government’s website that she’d pulled up on her computer. The words were clear again, each letter separated instead of blurring together like they had a few seconds ago.

“You’re lying.” Moe shut her laptop. “And that’s not like you.”

The man had her there. She hated to lie. “I have a headache. That’s all.” That’s all she wanted these symptoms to be. A simple headache. Something that would go away once she readjusted to the altitude.

“It’s not only a headache, Sassy.” The man who’d become her friend since she’d taken office cornered with her a long unyielding stare. “I can tell. You didn’t want to stand up and walk across the room. Are you dizzy?”

She didn’t answer him right away. She hadn’t told anyone else about her symptoms. Not Colt. Not Rose or Dahlia. Not Graham…

“I’ll call Ike.” Moe started to stand, but she reached out her hand to stop him.

“No. Don’t call him. Please.” She’d thought about this. It was time. She knew that. She knew she had to open the door to what would surely be a lengthy diagnostic process with tests and hospitals, but she didn’t want to open that door here. In Juniper Springs.

“If you’d rather I not call Ike, then you’d better go on and tell me what’s happening. Before I start freaking out.” Moe pulled out his cell phone and threatened to dial.

“I’ve been getting headaches,” Sassy said before he could make the call. “For the last several weeks. Maybe for over a month now. I’m not sure.” At first she hadn’t paid them much attention.

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