I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan

Author:Terry McMillan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Published: 2016-06-07T07:00:00+00:00

“Got a minute?”

“I do. Meeting a friend for dinner in about an hour, but if it’s important, sit.”

“It can wait until tomorrow,” she says. But the somber look on her face tells me this may not be true.

“Talk to me, Lily. What’s going on?”

She sits down and crosses her legs. Through the opening of her lab coat, I can see her cobalt lace top and the floral slacks with rhinestones surrounding each petal. Her orange heels match one of the flowers. She leans forward and places her left hand on the desk.

“My parents haven’t been doing so well.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, Lily.”

“I know. My mom’s seventy-seven, and her dementia is at the point where I can’t care for her at home anymore. My dad’s been fighting me, but he has to have a hip replacement. So all this is to say I’m going to need to take about a month off to manage all the changes that need to happen since I’m the only one who can do it.”

“Do whatever you need to for your parents, Lily.”

“I just want to find a good place for my mom. I don’t know what my dad’s going to do without her there. I really don’t. He’s been postponing this hip replacement for so long that now he’s having a hard time getting around.”

“How soon, honey?”

“Well, that’s the thing I’m not sure about right now. Suffice it to say in the next two weeks for sure, because I can get Dad scheduled, but I’m going to visit a number of facilities before deciding which one’ll be best for my mom. I also think I should get a temp to help Marina let all my patients know I’ll be away and reschedule. How’s all this sounding to you?”

“The office should be the least of your concerns. Marina and I will handle it. You do what you need to do, Lily. If it were my mother, I wouldn’t give this a second thought. Take as much time as you need.”

“Did you have any plans in the next month or so? Because I can try to postpone it for maybe a week.”

“No, nothing that can’t wait,” I say.

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