Eleanor thanked me for suggesting she babysit Hampton and Natasha's children. She loved kids and was thrilled to spend more time with her nephews and nieces. Eleanor had also visited with Nana D, who was on the mend. She'd rested at home all day, per her doctor's orders. My cousin Alex could be persuasive when he needed to be. Gabriel had volunteered to watch Nana D that afternoon, so we never left her on her own. None of us fully trusted the woman to take care of herself.
Gabriel needed to monitor a few properties and projects the storm had significantly damaged, then meet with the ICE agent. He begged me to swing by Nana D's for an hour. He would bring dinner by six o'clock, on his way home from the construction site. On a whim, I checked with Eustacia Paddington, assuming she'd want to
