To Love Somebody by Lyn Cote

Author:Lyn Cote [Cote, Lyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyn Cote

Dane had taken charge, and now, late on Sunday afternoon, he drove them in his car the last few miles toward Carlyle Place. Aunt Kitty rode in the backseat, unnaturally silent. Leigh sat close beside Dane. She hadn’t tried to persuade him that she didn’t need him. She did need him. She was having trouble concentrating on anything; her thoughts drifted away, bringing up memories of her grandfather. He loved me.

Then Leigh realized that she’d used the past tense, and a tear slipped from her eye.

Before long, Leigh directed Dane to the side street that took them to the small local hospital. After parking the car, he walked them inside to the information desk, where he asked for Roarke’s room number. He then escorted them up to the second floor and down the long hall filled with Sunday visitors to the private room on the end. At the door, he stepped back, letting her and Kitty enter first. The room was filled with family. Leigh immediately walked into her stepfather’s embrace.

Grandpa Roarke lay in bed, looking very pale and old—much older than Leigh remembered from her last visit at Thanksgiving, just a few months ago.

Grandma Chloe sat in a straight chair beside the bed, holding one of Roarke’s hands. When she spied Kitty, she rose and opened her arms. Kitty came and hugged her. Then Kitty moved to stand beside her brother on the other side of the bed. He moved his hand and she took it.

“You came, Kitty,” Roarke said in a thready voice that almost didn’t sound like him.

“I’m sorry I waited so long,” Kitty said in a shaky voice. Still holding Roarke’s hand, she sought the chair beside him as if her legs wouldn’t support her.

Leigh watched the scene unfold. Her mother came and stood on Ted’s other side and Dane kept his place beside Leigh. Her little sister, who was now a teenager, came over and kissed her, casting a glance at Dane. Leigh hugged her. Leigh’s uncles, Rory and Thompson, and their wives hovered in the background, greeting her with soft hellos, smiles, and nods.

Leigh felt the warm blanket of family wrap itself around her. She drew strength from it as she watched Aunt Kitty weep silently and her grandmother’s lips move in soundless prayer.

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