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“Grandbabies?” she asked, drawing back.
“Well, you are the daughter I never had. Since your own parents are atrocious people, I thought I would claim you as mine.”
She sniffled. “I’d like that.”
They smiled at each other.
“Maggie!” a voice roared, making her jump.
Uncle Willy winced. “The grouchy one has a good set of lungs on him.”
“I don’t think that’s the grouchy one,” she whispered.
And that was concerning.
The door to Uncle Willy’s room swung open and Jack stepped inside.
“What are you doing?” Uncle Willy said sternly. “You cannot just storm in here, yelling for my niece.”
Jack just glared at them both. He pointed at her. “You aren’t supposed to get out of bed on your own.”
“What? My dear, do you want to explain?” Uncle Willy asked.
Well.
This was awkward.
“I wanted to check on Uncle Willy. And you guys left me for ages. What was I supposed to do?”
“It was twenty minutes! You lasted twenty minutes!” Ian said with exasperation as he walked into the room carrying a tray of food. “I was getting you both some lunch while Jack was doing a grounds check.”
Oh.
Only twenty minutes?
“It felt like longer,” she muttered.
“Is your hip that bad, dear?” Uncle Willy asked.
She sighed. Shoot. “It’s a tad sore.”
“She nearly collapsed in pain,” Ian said, carrying a tray over and setting it beside Uncle Willy’s bed. “Jameson came to check on her and said to keep off her feet for at least twenty-four hours.”
“Maggie,” Uncle Willy said reprovingly. “You went against doctor’s orders?”
“I just wanted to check on you. I didn’t walk that far. It’s not much further than the bathroom.”
Jack came over and scooped her up. “Well, now you’ve lost your bathroom privileges.”
Her cheeks went hot in embarrassment at his words.
“Jack, you can’t say things like that,” she whispered furiously as he carried her out of the room. “Uncle Willy might have heard.”
“So?”
Dear. Lord.
“My dear? Are you all right? Let her down!” Uncle Willy yelled out.
