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however.
On the weekend, my grandparents arrived. My
grandfather had loaded up the trunk with as much of
my art materials as he could fit into it. He began to
take it all to the studio, while my grandmother came
in to see the improvements in my bedroom. I had told
her about them on the phone.
"Well now, this looks almost livable," she commented. Aunt Zipporah and I smiled at each other. "I
brought most of your newer things, Alice, but if we
need to get you more, we should do it while I'm here
this time."
"I'm fine," I said.
"Those shoes you have are really not the best
for being on your feet all day at a restaurant," she
continued, looking down at my feet. She stopped just
short of adding, 'for someone like you, someone with
your injury"
"I'm not having any problems. I'm not working
that much," 1 said.
She looked at Aunt Zipporah for confirmation. "If she shows any signs of fatigue, Mom, I'll be
on it. I promise." She raised her right hand.
My grandmother grunted skeptically. "Look, Grandma," I said, holding up a sheet
with titles printed on it.
"What is that?"
"Aunt Zipporah went to the school and got the
summer reading for those entering the senior year. I
have one of the books already," I said.
She glanced at the list and handed it back to me
before turning to my aunt.
"How far is the school from here? How are you
