“Y ... you, uh... yer turn..." she told me, sounding like getting the words out took all her strength.
"I get my surprise now?"
"Yup. If I can manage to get the room to stop spinning."
"What is it?" I asked, as if I didn't know.
"You're about to find out."
"Let me go upstairs and get a paper towel first. I'm kind of all messy."
"I'll get it!" Jordyn said, and she was gone. She came bounding down the stairs a half minute later, and handed me a handful. She dashed back up the stairs again and sat down, like a crewman who'd interrupted a play rehearsal.
Casey pushed me up into standing beside the bed. She got herself up into a sitting position and gave her head a shake. "Woo. So dizzy."
"Me, too!" Jordyn said from the stairs.
"Can you even keep watch from up there?" Casey asked her.
