Since You've Been Gone by Allan Christa

Author:Allan, Christa [Allan, Christa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503937673
Publisher: Waterfall Press
Published: 2016-10-11T07:00:00+00:00

My parents and the nurse walked ahead to the car. Laura and I followed, pushing carts jammed with floral arrangements, plants, magazines, clothes, and plastic water bottles imprinted with the hospital’s logo because my mother had said, “For what the hospital probably charged for them, I could’ve bought Waterford crystal. I want them.”

As we were loading my Jeep, Laura said she’d forgotten to mention to my mother that she’d set up a girlie day, and she wanted me to invite my grandmother. “A friend of mine owns a salon, and he’s coming over this weekend with two nail technicians. I thought your mother could use some primping time, and we could do the mani-pedi thing.”

I wanted to hug her, but I wasn’t sure if we’d reached the stage where we hugged without awkwardness. “Just so you’ll know how thrilled I am that you arranged this, the inside me is twirling and hand-clapping.”

“I hoped you would be. Figured we’ll all need pampering next week.” She closed the back door. “Hey, pop open the back, and I’ll load the rest of this in there.”

The door yawned open, and I walked around to help her.

The two baby gifts were still there.

I opened my mouth and hoped a lame excuse would find its way out, but Laura didn’t mention them. She put the magazines and suitcase in the trunk, pressed the button to close it, and said, “Done.”

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