Three's a Crowd by Cynthia Dane & Hildred Billings

Author:Cynthia Dane & Hildred Billings [Dane, Cynthia & Billings, Hildred]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Lesbian Romance
Publisher: Barachou Press
Published: 2020-03-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

MAYA

Maya was due home by five on Wednesday night, but even with getting off early, she was still stuck in the most horrendous traffic she had encountered in a solid week. Oh, no. Her sister had a study group at six, and her mother was working late. Maya was the only one available to watch Juanita until either Solana or Hermosa returned home, and Maya would be lucky to be there by twenty after five!

As soon as she whipped into her parking space, she honked her horn, alerting anyone who was inside that she was home for the evening. Her sister’s car was still parked on the street. Guilt swelled in Maya’s chest as she got out of her car and hoped Solana wouldn’t be late to her study session in West Hollywood, perhaps the most inconvenient place for the off-campus students of Lakewood University to meet at that time of night.

Not until she reached the front door did she realize an unfamiliar white car was parked in Hermosa’s usual spot by the street. Huh… Possibly, it was a guest of the neighbor’s, who were occasionally known to park in the wrong spot.

Maya went to open the door. It was already unlocked.

“…These medications have to be taken with food.” Solana held up two brown pill bottles to a middle-aged woman in patterned scrubs. “She eats dinner around six and either hangs out in the living room watching TV or goes straight to her room. This is the time you really have to watch her, though. We tend to be so distracted that it’s not unusual for her to get out, if you know what I mean.”

“No worries,” said the woman with frizzy hair pulled back with a plastic clasp. “I’m well-aware of what happens when the sunsetting arrives. I used to work at His Mercy Memory Care. Do you have any locks I should know about? How about a security system?”

Maya stepped forward, putting down her bag and looking between her sister and the guest. “What’s going on here?” she asked.

“Maya!” Solana was all smiles as she held up their grandmother’s pill bottles. “You’re home! What happened? Traffic?”

“It’s brutal out there. You better get going soon if you wanna make it to your study group on time.” She kept one eye on the nurse standing in the living room. “I’m sorry, who are you?”

“Yolanda Cruz.” The woman extended her hand and gave Maya’s a sturdy shake. “I’m the nurse your family hired to watch over your grandmother on the weekdays. One of my coworkers will be here on the weekends and occasionally swap shifts with me as necessary.”

“Nurse? Our family?” No matter how much Maya said those words, they didn’t make any sense. “Since when were we hiring a nurse?” she asked her sister. “Who is paying for this?”

Yolanda held up her hands. “I’m going to go investigate the bathroom situation while you two discuss this.”

Solana didn’t wait for Yolanda to be out of ear’s reach before saying, “Isn’t it awesome? This woman showed up this afternoon! Can you believe it?”

“No,” Maya said.

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