CHAPTER 51
True to his word, Ricky’s father kept him working twelve-hour days so that by the time he finished his runs, there wasn’t any time left to drive all the way out to Baxter Loop to check on things at Safe Anchorage. No word about Jillian or her family from his mom either, who usually loved to keep him abreast of all the Orchard Grove gossip.
All Ricky was able to find out by Friday evening was that Grandma Lucy had made it through her first night but still had a long recovery ahead of her. There was discussion about her moving into the Winter Grove assisted living home where she could get round-the-clock care, at least if she ever made it out of the hospital.
Ricky had no idea how Jillian was. He figured if something was drastically wrong, someone would have told him, or he wou
