CHAPTER 33
“Grandma Lucy?” Ruby leaned over to shake the old woman awake. “Grandma Lucy?”
She had never napped this long. Ruby should have checked on her nearly an hour ago. What had she been doing upstairs? Had she and Jessi been yakking that whole time?
“Grandma Lucy?”
Her eyes fluttered open, and even before she opened her mouth, Ruby could tell it would be one of the bad afternoons. The kind of work day that cured her of feeling guilty for taking up so much of Connie’s out-of-pocket money while they waited for the insurance paperwork to come through.
She held the old woman’s hand. “How do you feel?”
“Mom?”
She shook her head. “No. I’m Ruby. I’m your nurse.”
Grandma Lucy broke out into a soft smile. “Isn’t that nice? You’re awfully young to be a nurse, aren’t you?”
“Are you tir
