Fire and Ice by Carla Fredd

Author:Carla Fredd [Fredd, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Longdale Press

Chapter 7

Sunday had become Holly's lazy day. Until a few months ago, she would have driven to the Mount Carmel Baptist Church. She had attended early morning services there since she was a little girl. But that had come to an end when a reporter had sat beside her in church and begun asking questions about Trey's marriage.

So today, she rose early and prepared a light breakfast and leisurely ate it while reading the paper. She had planned to visit Wanda's sister yesterday, until Mike had come over and she had forgotten about her plans until late that night.

Holly took a shower, then dressed in her favorite jeans, teal-green cotton shirt, and canvas shoes. She went to the living room window and peered through the curtains. To her relief, the street was free of cars. Grabbing her purse, she walked to her garage and started her car.

Traffic was light as she drove through downtown Atlanta. She stopped and bought a card and a bunch of daffodils before reaching the hospital. She went to the information desk to find out what room to go to. No matter how much was spent on interior design, hospitals seemed depressing. When she reached the room, she knocked lightly on the partially closed door before walking in.

Wanda smiled when she saw Holly standing at the door and closed the magazine she was reading. "Come on in," she said, as she rose from the overstuffed chair beside the empty hospital bed.

"Hi," Holly said, walking across the room to give Wanda a hug. "Where's Carmen?"

"In there." She pointed to the closed bathroom door.

"How's she doing?"

"Okay. I . . ." Wanda paused when the door opened and Carmen walked out.

Carmen looked like she was twelve, not sixteen. She was just shy of five feet and weighed less than a hundred pounds. The light blue hospital gown fit like a tent around her. She smiled when she saw Holly.

"Hey. Are those for me?" She pointed to the flowers Holly was holding.

"Yep. How are you feeling?" Holly hugged her and helped her back to her bed.

"Fine, but I'm sick of this place." Carmen settled in the bed. "And I'm tired of pudding for breakfast, pudding for lunch, and soup for dinner. What I would give for a hamburger."

"You must be feeling better if you're complaining about the food," Wanda said dryly.

Carmen made a face at her sister, then said to Holly, "The only good thing that's happened is that I got a chance to talk to Michael Williams on the telephone Friday."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes. He's really, really nice. He said that we had tickets reserved for his show when I got well." Carmen beamed as she restated her conversation with Mike word for word. He had a fan for life, Holly thought. "He said he would come and see me when he got a chance."

Why did he have to be so nice? Trey wouldn't have thought to call a child in the hospital, much less promise to come for a visit.

"How was the show Friday?" Wanda asked, when Carmen wound down.

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