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She must be finished with her appointment.
Much as he’d like to eke out a few more minutes with Bri, he needed to get Nan home ASAP. After this latest setback, she’d be exhausted.
He put the cell to his ear. “All finished?”
“Yes. I’m in the lobby. Where are you?”
“Already in the parking lot.” That should deflect any protests about curb service. “I’ll pick you up in less than five minutes. What’s the verdict on the wrist?”
“Slight sprain, like I told you. Nothing to be concerned about. I’ll wait at the door.”
He slid the phone back into his pocket and pulled out his keys.
“How’s your grandmother?” Bri had already tossed her purse and tote bag onto the passenger seat.
“Fine. It’s just a sprain.”
“Glad to hear it.” She angled away from the wind. “I’ll get that list to you as soon as I can.”
“I’ll watch for it. Thanks again for meeting me here.”
“No problem. It gave me an excuse to leave my desk behind earlier than usual. And for once, I’ll beat my brother to the restaurant where we meet for dinner every couple of weeks. Talk to you soon.”
She slid behind the wheel, closed the door, and started the engine.
Marc backed off as she pulled out, lifted a hand in farewell, and strode toward his car at the other end of the lot.
Nan was waiting when he pulled up at the entrance. As he set the brake, she opened the door and eased into the passenger seat.
“Why didn’t you let me help you?”
“You can help me with the belt.” She pulled it out with her uninjured right hand and extended it toward him. “Besides, I was afraid that wind would knock me over, and two fallsin one day would be ridiculous. The sky is also threatening to open at any moment. And to tell you the truth, the faster I can get out of here, the better. I’ve had my fill of medical facilities.”
“I don’t blame you. What’s the treatment for the sprain?”
She lifted it up with her other hand to display the elastic bandage. “The usual RICE advice—rest, ice, compress, elevate. After all your childhood bumps and bruises and sprains, I could have saved us both a trip here and treated this myself. I know the routine.”
“I wanted to make sure it wasn’t more than a sprain.”
“You worry too much.”
“Kind of like how you worried about me in my younger days?” He grinned at her as he exited the parking lot.
“Mothers—and grandmothers—are supposed to worry. It’s in the job description. And for the record, I still worry about you. So why were you out in the parking lot?”
Of course she’d ask that. Radiation might tire her out, but it hadn’t slowed down her mind.
It was unfortunate his meeting with Bri hadn’t wrapped up five minutes sooner. If it had, he would have been back in the lobby before Nan was ready to leave.
“Since I had time to kill and work to do, I arranged for a colleague to swing by to discuss a case.”
He caught the arch of her eyebrows in his peripheral vision. “In the parking lot? In all that wind?”
“No. We met in the lobby. I, uh, walked her to her car afterward. Like you taught me.”
She shifted toward him, a glint of interest sparking in her eyes. “Was this a meeting with your intriguing woman, by chance?”
“Yes.” Why lie?
