Chapter 6Sunrise was open only on Monday and Tuesday during the week after Christmas. We were closed Wednesday, New Year’s Eve, and we didn’t reopen until Monday, January 5. I’d told Jerome he could let LaKeesha take care of the custodial chores those two days, and I’d told Jean I could handle things without her. That way both of them would have nearly two weeks off.
I got there at 8:30 on Monday, a half hour before the galleries opened. Only Sunrise itself would be open those two days since no one would be using the Music Hall. I was surprised to find Jean in her office. She stood up when I came in, and we hugged. I asked about her trip to Fort Meyers to see her parents, and she said it had been lovely. They’d enjoyed the dry, sunny, warmth of southern Florida, and she said she was relie
