Holmes

in like parchment, but her eyes were sharp as

pacing. The clicking of her heels on the

randmother," Eleanor hissed, turning on Ingra

ir, hunching her shoulders.

ou got lucky. You're a liability. I

trying to reconcile the trembling girl in the chair with the woman who had comman

n figh

straightened his cuffs. "Grandmot

r. "Mrs. Holmes is ask

ed forward. "

awkward. "She said, 'the one

face wen

lmira. He gestured

er eyes on the floor. But as she passed Ingram, he

ic. He didn't push h

the heavy door clicked shu

d up on pillows. Sh

e old woman rasped.

Her expression shifted from fea

you didn't do it by reading WebMD. That

on is trying to solve,

ike that. Everyone else in this family ha

mira said. "He wants t

My useless grandson final

o," Elmira said. This part was tr

the call button on her bed rail

choing into the lounge outside. "Eleanor. Go home. If I hea

from the

It was a small,

keep me alive. You give me a great-gra