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Soon, a commotion draws our attention to the doorway. Grandma and Grandpa are there, with Dad hot on their heels. “Where’s my granddaughter. I need to see her,” Grandma says to the nurse at the counter.
“I can check with the patient to see if she’s up for visitors,” the kind nurse says, making Grandma scoff.
“I’m Grandma, dear,” she says slowly, as if her title alone is equivalent to the Queen of England and earns her a free pass to do or say whatever she wants.
“I’ll be right back, ma’am.” The nurse hurries down the hallway to a room at the end.
“Good evening, family,” she announces happily when she enters the waiting room.
“Hi, Grandma,” Abby says, hopping off Levi’s lap and giving her a hug.
“Oh, you don’t have to stand, Abs. You have one of the best seats in the house. You know, hospital storage rooms are usually locked nowadays, but the bathrooms are fair game. At least you know they’re super clean; nothing like bar bathrooms,” she says to our sister, who blushes a thousand shades of red.
“This hardly seems like the appropriate time or place,” Abby babbles, stumbling over her words.
“It’s always the right time for the sex, dear. In fact, your father had to interrupt our playtime in the playroom this evening,” she says softly, as if she were referring to something as simple as the weather.
“I’m traumatized for life,” Dad mumbles, looking at the floor.
“Oh, hush,” Grandma says just as the nurse returns to the waiting room.
“Lexi has agreed to a few visitors. Two at a time and for only a few minutes,” she says as Grandma barrels to the front of the room, grabbing Abby on her way by, leaving the rest of us to sit.
And wait.
Something none of us does well.
