“I need to walk. Part of my exercises.”
Norah sat on the chair near the couch and waited for her to come back in case she needed help sitting down, which was exactly what happened. “I’ll go to the bookstore now. I don’t know if they’ll have all of these books. Do you want me to get as many as they have or would three be enough for now?”
“It’s getting late. It’ll keep until tomorrow. You can come back then and I’ll let you know how many to get. It’s almost dinnertime. Did you buy food to cook?”
“I just bought what you gave me on the list. Kai didn’t tell me to plan meals for you.”
Ms. Ellis sighed. “That boy. Jaleesa, that’s my girl, Kai’s sister, she brought lunch earlier. There might be leftovers. Could you warm them up?”
Norah nodded. She went back to the kitchen to figure out dinne
