Page 54 of Destiny

“Great. Well, you two have a great rest of your evening.”

“Thank you, doctor.”

“You bet.”

We get into the car when we’re okayed to leave, and I call Marco before putting the key in the ignition.

“Hey.”

“How is she?”

“She’s fine. It’s just a mild concussion.”

“Okay. So, what does that mean?”

“Well, she’s going to have to sit tight the next couple of days. The doctor said she can’t do anything too strenuous to her body or her mind.”

“But what if she forgets? You know, with the Parkinson’s, her memory isn’t always the best.”

“Well, what if she stays with you?”

“That would be fine if she’s comfortable with that.”

“Hey, Caroline?”

“Yes, dear?”

“Would you be okay with staying at Marco’s house for the next couple of days? So that we can check up on you more easily and stuff like that.”

“He’s okay with that?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, okay. Sure.”

“She said yes.”

“Okay.”

After that, instead of going straight to his house, we stopped at her retirement home, and I packed a bag for her.

Then, we head over and get her situated.

When she’s all tucked into bed, I ask Marco if he has any kind of gate that we can put at the top of the stairs.

He finds one that he used when the kids were babies, and he installs it.

“God forbid she gets confused and takes a tumble,” I say.

He walks over, hugs me from behind, and then kisses me on top of the head.

“You’re so smart.”

Chapter 4 – Marco

I’d be lying if I said that having Caroline around kind of felt like having a third child sometimes, but I was happy to care for her. She was watching my children when she fell, after all. And Bea has just been a huge help.

I had an extra key made for her so that she could come and go during her lunch hours to check up and make sure everything was okay.

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