The Final Embrace

Eleanor breathed her last in front of Valerie's very eyes; one of her hands was on Valerie's face and the other on her back.

Valerie crouched there, oblivious to the passing of time, until Tammy went over to her. “Valerie, come up. Your granny has departed.”

Only then did she move, but both her legs were numbed. When she raised her head, her eyes were red with grief.

Valerie was the one who had