Box Out by John Coy

Author:John Coy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

After work, Liam stops by the nursing home to see Grandma.

“Arlen?”

“No, it’s me. Liam.”

“Carl?”

“No, Liam,” he says loudly.

“Oh, Liam.” Grandma’s lying on top of the bed in her clothes.

“Can I get you anything, Grandma?” Maybe he interrupted her nap.

“No.”

“How about some fresh water?”

“Loverly,” she says slowly.

He dumps out the old water. He’s always liked the way Grandma says “loverly.” He runs cold water and fills the glass.

“Here you go.” He puts it on her tray and sits down in the recliner he and Dad brought over to make the room feel homier.

“Hur mår du?”

“What?”

“Jag kan bara svenska.”

“Grandma, I don’t speak Swedish. You know that. You have to use English.” She looks at him as if she hears his voice but doesn’t understand what he’s saying. Sometimes she goes back to Swedish, the language she first spoke as a girl in Horizon. Her eyes shut and her head sinks forward.

Will she sleep for a few seconds or a couple of hours? He wonders if he should stay or go, and he deeply misses the way Grandma used to be.

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