Chapter 16. Ganged on
Nora
Max sent everybody home, my granny protested at once. "I want to see your grandfather, we haven't met."
"No granny, you guys have to rest, especially you granny. You are still recovering. The flight to and from Zerus zapped your strength, please go home."
I held her hand, " he is right granny, you can visit grandfather tomorrow." Granny eventually agreed to be taken home.
At the hospital, Max hit the ground running as soon as the car stopped. I trailed behind him slowly, l was dead on my feet. I exchanged the high heels for comfortable slippers on the plane. I pushed the door to the ward cautiously and stepped in. From the doorway grandpa looked dead, his pallid face was still, the colour awful.
I closed the door and moved to the foot of the bed. Everyon
