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Yiayia settled into her bed, fatigued after the excitement of the past few days.
“Ruby, koritzi mou, give me my ring from my jewelry box, please,” Yiayia asked.
I turned the box right way round and retrieved her ring. Slipping it on her finger, I rubbed the pad of my thumb over the stones.
She sighed. “Better.”
“We’ve arranged for a night nurse to stay with you overnight for the next several nights, okay, Yiayia?” Amber asked.
“Yes, koritzi mou.”
“We’ve also arranged for VON nursing to come in daily to help you with bathing and to check your injuries,” I added.
Amber’s head snapped up, realizing, I think, that with Yiayia here needing so much assistance, she would need to be here too, which meant she’d be with Gus much more often than she was maybe ready for.
“I think we can handle the cleaning and the cooking together, right Amber?” I continued.
Gus cleared his throat. “Uh, I have a service coming in every two weeks. I can schedule them to come more often if you think it’s necessary.”
Amber narrowed her eyes at him. “I thought you said we didn’t need a cleaning service?”
Gus flushed but his eyes remained steady on his wife’s face. “I was wrong. I should not have expected you to look after all the housework on top of all your other responsibilities. I didn’t help nearly enough.”
“You did all the outside work,” she murmured, dropping her eyes.
“Yes,” he conceded, “but I enjoy that. This,” he swept a hand indicating the house, “is not fun.”
She studied him for a moment longer then turned away.
I realized, in that moment, that Yiayia was a meddling genius. I wondered, for just a moment, if she and Gus were in cahoots from the beginning.
Better not to ask.
This way I wasn’t an accomplice.
