The Moonglow Sisters by Lori Wilde

Author:Lori Wilde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Gia

EASING: The process of working in extra fabric where two pieces do not align precisely, especially when sewing curves.

FOR A WEEK, Grammy’s condition was touch and go.

They threw away Madison’s carefully constructed schedule. Let go of the house renovations and the quilting and the pop-up store. With Mike’s help, Gia moved out of her apartment, and officially moved back into her old room with Shelley. Madison stayed in the blue room.

Memorial Day passed without acknowledgment or commemoration. It felt weird not to celebrate because holidays had always been a big deal at the Moonglow Inn. But for now, only one thing mattered.

Seeing Grammy through this crisis.

Terrified their grandmother might pass away without one of them at her side, the sisters thanked the Quilting Divas for their help but took over the shifts, sectioning them out in eight-hour stints that matched the nurses’ shifts. Gia sat from seven A.M. to three P.M. Shelley from three P.M. to eleven P.M. Madison volunteered for nights.

They only saw one another during their shift changes. Darynda came as often as she could, but the experience took a toll on her and the three sisters insisted she take care of herself. They promised to call her if anything happened.

Grammy remained in a coma. The nosocomial infection had originated in her lungs and curing it took heavy-duty antibiotics. One bit of optimistic news was that her brain was healing from the surgery.

Gia would take whatever she could get. Hope was hope.

But along with the hope came a dark radical thought. Was it right to hold on? Should they be prolonging Grammy’s suffering? When was it time to stop fighting and let go?

Not yet, Gia told herself. Not yet. Not until her sisters had fully mended fences. Not until they renovated the inn. Not until they finished the quilt.

The need to finish the quilt ate at her, but until Grammy’s infection was gone, the sisters couldn’t afford to do anything but sit vigil.

When the Chamber of Commerce heard about the latest news, they swooped in to help—neighbors, friends, shopkeepers. The community came together. With Mike acting as general contractor, the town’s residents volunteered their time and resources to repair the inn—painting, patching, plastering.

Each afternoon when Gia came home from the hospital to find another chore completed she felt as if she must be dreaming. To find tile laid and fixtures replaced, and hardwood floors refinished. Where else but a place like Moonglow Cove did people come together to unselfishly give to one of their own?

The Moonglow sisters owed the town so much they could never repay the debt. The price was too precious; the rescue, too intense; the rehabilitation, too intimate.

Without the townsfolk, they simply wouldn’t have made it.

Every day, Gia expected to wake up and realize it had all been a sweet, impossible fantasy. Before she opened her eyes in the morning, she’d take a deep breath and feel the soft corners of her sleep and test reality. Wriggled her toes. Heard the steady cadence of ocean waves.

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