Chapter 35Darlene and I went in to visit Walt and Jimmy at the Food Bank to see how they were doing.
“Wow!” I heard. “It’s our resident astronaut!” Everyone looked up and I got a round of applause. I waved thank you and went over to give Jimmy a big hug.
“How’s it going here?” I asked.
“Pretty good. It’s getting better every day.”
“I saw you had new dishware. Cloud brought home some of the cups with the name on them. What are you serving today?”
“Chicken and dumplings. Want some?”
“No, we just came in to see how you were doing.”
“We’re doing just great,” he answered. He seemed excited to get to tell his life to someone. “Things are going really well now that I have some time to myself. I’m thinking of looking for an apartment. My grandmother and Elizabeth’s folks frown upon the fact
