When we got to the nursing home, we were met in the front hall of the lock-down area by Ethel Smith who was worried about missing her train. A petite ...inety year-old with lots of vigor, her only health issue was the advancing dementia that left her confused. Brad and I both hugged her and assured her that the train wouldn't be arriving for another couple of hours. She laughed cheerfully and walked with us until she decided she needed to go check her babies.Granny Brown's room was the last room. It seemed dim and far away now, more like a memory than a reality. Something caught his eye. They were not alone. There was a man lying on the cot in the corner of the room. Warily, as if he already knew who lay there, Joseph approached. He knelt down by the cot and looked into his own face. And yet it was not his face. The lines of care had been smoothed away and he seemed to smile. Joseph thought that he was asleep. He heard the girl approach him and stand over him. ‘Am I dead?’ he asked, not. So what the hell; I went naked out the back door, naked across the driveway, naked into my car; and naked to school. Mrs. Huxley, our neighbor, saw me getting into the car and waved. I waved back.My timing was perfect; Ms. Sprite was just opening the doors as I parked. Olivia saw me coming up the walk and waited for me, naked as usual. I suppose I should have expected that. Not many people who went naked all day would wear clothes to bed.Olivia seemed unusually pleased to see me that morning; I. " Okay, you have evidently thought of something. I'll leave it until we meet Friday."It seemed as if every one of us walked miles when examining the interior of the buildings. George and Mindy had their heads close consulting about what they observed throughout the day. Everyone was tired and Molly came through again for the evening meal.It was cold today and she had a barbecue set up in the carriage barn behind her house. A different crew catered the meal again. I looked over at Elizabeth and.
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