Gone in a Flash (30 page)

‘Vera, how old were you when you got married?’ I asked with a grin.

‘Seventeen, but that’s not the point—’

Graham’s hands were in the air in a surrender pose. ‘Whoa, now! No one’s said anything about marriage!’

The look on Alicia’s face was enough to make me want to cry. Graham saw it, and recovered nicely. ‘I mean right now! We both have to finish school.’

She nodded and went back to her consumption of mass quantities of food.

Graham sighed. ‘So, did he ask you about me moving in with you?’

‘Of course. And the answer is yes. Wish you could move in now. I have a hard time with just one arm—’

‘Mama!’ Willis said. ‘Why didn’t you say so? Medicare has a day nurse thing, don’t they? If not, we’ll get you one.’

‘I don’t need a nurse—’

‘Nurse’s aide,’ I said.

‘I’ll think about it,’ she said. ‘Or I could stay here for a few days. I have a bag in my car.’

Just when I start to like the woman …