Chapter 40

It's probably well into the afternoon when I wake up again. My grandmother's scent is still heavy in the air around me. Perhaps it was the reason I was able to sleep so soundly. When I couldn't bring myself to stop crying, she picked me up as if I weighed nothing and took me over to bed, where the two of us lay until I fell asleep. I don't know if she stayed after that, but her presence tells me t