Yesterday by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-05-05T22:00:00+00:00

The following day Brie found herself blubbering again. Pearl held her close, stroking her hair and murmuring soft words of comfort.

“I don’t want to go, Pearl, but I have to. The FBI won’t wait for me or give me a second chance.”

“There’s nothing for you to do, chile. There’s nothing for me to do either, but sit with my baby.”

“Pearl, I want you to do something. I know right now you’re only permitted a few minutes each hour with Callie, but if she improves and I think she will, they’ll extend the visiting time. I read all those pamphlets the doctors gave me. I went down to the medical library and read as much as I could about Callie’s condition. One of the books said coma patients could hear. What that means, Pearl, is that I want you to talk to Callie all the time you’re with her. Don’t just hold her hand and cry. Talk to her. Go back from the beginning, when she was born, and talk about all your memories. Touch her, ask her questions. She isn’t going to answer, but ask anyway. Will you do it, Pearl?”

“Of course I’ll do it, chile. If they told me to walk on my head because it would help my little girl, I’d do it.”

“All right, Pearl, I have to go now. You take care of yourself, you hear me? Wyn will be here by ten to pick you up. I’m going to drop your things off at the apartment. I’ll call every chance I get. Oh, I’m going to miss you, Pearl.”

“Shhhh, chile,” Pearl said as she tried to comfort Brie.

“You love me, don’t you, Pearl? Not as much as Callie and Bode, but you care about me, don’t you?” Brie whimpered.

“I love all my children the same, Miz Brie, and you should be knowing that.”

Brie dabbed at her eyes and then blew her nose. “Pearl, did I ever thank you—I mean really thank you—for being so good to me when I was little, and even when we grew up? Did I ever say the words to you?”

“You tried to, too many times, and I had to shush you up. When you be loving someone you don’t need to be getting thanks from that person. Now, you mind old Pearl and get on with you.”

Brie burst into tears and ran to the car. She honked the horn and waved wildly as she careened down the old brick road.

“Lord, this is Pearl. I’d be most happy if You’d look after that chile. She be hurting something fierce. And don’t You be forgetting about my baby. This is Pearl from Parker Manor asking for this special favor. I’ll be saying some extra prayers today.”

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