Chapter 22
Spending time with her grandmother had been one of Anne’s favorite things as long as she could remember. Now the visits left her perfectly balanced between sorrow and pleasure. Joy and dread.
Her Gemaw’s time on earth was growing dreadfully short, and Anne felt that change in her own body. But she wanted to spend as much time as she possibly could with the only person who understood her odd experience of life so far.
Gemaw hadn’t been back to the Fincastle’s house for years, not even for a short visit. The last visit was not long after Anne returned from her stay in the hospital. Anne thought her mother was relieved by the end of the visits, when the nurses said the time away left Gemaw too agitated and confused.
Anne didn’t have to ask her father how sad that change made hi
