Cordy felt like she never had a good day ever since she met Lucas.
She caught cold twice when she never fell sick before, and she kept tripping over when she never fell…
He really was a jinx.
"Cordy."
Nana suddenly called out from the doorway.
Cordy turned toward her and replied, "Nana."
"I knew you'd be here. Lucas is having an IV infusion next door," Nana said as she walked up to her bed. "Are you okay alone? Should I keep you company?"
"I'm fine. You should stay with Lucas."
"But your face looks so red," Nana said worriedly.
"It's normal for a fever. I'll be fine when my fever breaks."
"Oh." Nana nodded and said eagerly, "I'll peel an apple for you."
"You don't have to…"
"It's alright. Don't push me away now—we're cousins, remember?" Nana said earnestly. "My grandma always mentions you, saying how hard it was to bring you back to the family. She said we should be nicer to you since you've suffered a lot out on your own."
"What about Lucas? Don't you have to stay with him?" Cordy really wanted her gone, but Nana was too kind for her to just chase her out unceremoniously.
"He's a big boy—he'd be fine on his own. By the way, it's weird that he fell sick since he's usually very healthy," Nana said, bemused. "He left our hill resort in the middle of the night earlier, but he doesn't have friends in North City, does he?"
She appeared intent on engaging Cordy with small talk while peeling the apple, but Cordy diverted the topic by saying, "I don't know him that well."
"Yeah, why did I ask you?" Nana giggled, amused by her own question.
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