章 17: Chapter 17

A nurse who entered to check on her vitals said they’d given her powerful drugs to sedate her.“Sleep is one of the best things to help heal a body.”

Soon,Jeff joined us.“My mom’s good with the plan,so we should discuss getting what we need from your house.”

“You guys should take off,Aaron,”Grandpa said.“She’ll most likely sleep until tomorrow.No reason for all of us to stay here.”

Jeff looked at me,waiting for me to decide.I agreed that sitting there just made me more depressed.“What about Pamela?”

“I was thinking of taking her with me to pick up some clothes and necessities from my house and coming back to the hotel to swim,”Grandma explained.“We’ve decided to stay at the hotel for the next week or so while your mom’s in the hospital.”

“I get to stay with you guys,right?”Pamela asked,looking up from the book she’d been reading.

“That’s right,sweetheart!Do you want to go with me to pick up some things we need?”