The following week dragged by and as it did, she spoke with her son about her feelings for Frank; that she liked him a lot and would be spending as much time with him as she could. But that she liked Frank way more than she should—that, she kept to herself. For Greg’s part, he was relieved that she had struck up a friendship with Frank. Probably because it meant she wouldn’t be nosing around his tent every day asking him how he felt and was he wearing his mask.
In the meantime, Frank worried about Rene. If the strep had started spreading around Base Camp, he’d have a lot to answer for. The last thing he wanted was to end up becoming a pariah up here. But Rene steadily improved, and no one seemed the worse for having been around him.
It was now Wednesday, four days since Bob had diagnosed
