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The next morning, my phone rang and it was the call.
Come to the nursing home because Grandmum was going. I rolled over in Zeke’s bed, dressed, and didn’t say a word. When I came out of the bathroom, he was dressed as well and waiting for me.
He drove me to the nursing home.
I went into the room and sat, holding Grandmum’s hand and my mom’s. I had no idea how long we sat there, but it felt like time stopped. A vacuum settled around us. It was only us, only what we were going through, and that was all that mattered. The other world kept going, but I ceased paying attention to it.
Me. Mom. Grandmum.
Until Grandmum left.
Zeke drove me places. He brought me food. He was in the background, always there.
My mom noticed him, but she never asked, and he never made a fuss to be intr
