A Northern Consortium car took me all the way back to the little town in the Northern Territory.
The moment I stepped through the door, I stopped.
Granny Grace was sitting at the table with nothing but a piece of dark bread and a tiny dish of pickles in front of her.
"Granny Grace... is this really all you're eating?"
Before I left with my parents, I'd asked them to send her money. I'd thought that, at the very least, she would be able to live a little more comfortably.
Instead, she seemed to be eating worse than before.
"Evelyn? Why are you back?"
Granny Grace hurried over, set down her bread, and cupped my face in both hands. Her brows immediately drew together.
"How did you get even thinner than when you left?"
"Look who's talking." My eyes burned. "You've lost weight too. Didn
