You Hit My Heart (Joyce and Luther) novel Chapter 95

On Saturday Joyce stayed at home and spent the day with Stephanie.

She could see that Stephanie's condition was getting worse and worse. She had lost more than ten pounds again. There was chest fluid in her lungs and she kept coughing all day long.

Jamie came every morning to give Stephanie nutritional fluids and the pain killer.

Joyce also learned from Jamie how to give injections.

Because Stephanie now needed pain relief on a regular basis and she would have to be very careful with the injection.

She learned that she could help more or less. In the evenings, it was she who gave Grandma her shots.

Every time when she looked at Stephanie's increasingly pale face, Joyce also understood that her grandmother would not have much time with her now.

The bond that had been built over these days made them almost a real family, and she could understand why Luther cared so much about Stephanie.

Luther also tried to put her work on hold so that she could spend more time with his grandmother.

Late afternoon on Sunday.

Luther came back from outside.

By this time Stephanie had fallen asleep, a sleep that usually lasts well into the night, and now her waking hours had also dwindled.

Joyce reclined on the living room couch, covered with a wool blanket. She was taking a nap.

Hearing the movement of Luther's return, she woke up, opened her eyes, glanced at him, and closed them again.

"Grandma's asleep, and you can see her later." She closed her eyes and said in a low voice.