When visiting hours were over and everyone had gone, Kimi wrapped a blanket around her shoulders and padded down the hall looking for Leon Running Wolf. Peeking into rooms, she saw all sorts of misery covered in thin hospital sheets. When she turned the corner, she realized Leon’s must be the room with Deputy Ahanu Green standing guard outside. She’d known him since she was a kid. He worked for Auntie Madge. Sometimes, when they were kids, he used to babysit her and her sisters.
“Hey, Ahanu,” she said approaching the door, suddenly self-conscious about walking around in just a hospital gown and paper-thin robe, crowned with a big bandage wrapped around her head.
“Hey, Kimi. How are you?” he asked. “Poor little thing. Your poor little head.” His eyes filled with tears. The deputy cried at
