“Yes, it is Korean. My grandfather was Korean,” Winifred says. “Hah!” Vera says. “I thought you say grandmother?” Winifred pauses, her cheeks growing red. “You must have remember wrong, Vera. Early onset dementia is very common among the old—” “Who are you calling old?” Vera snaps. “Um, you’ve mentioned quite a few times that you’re really old and are about to drop dead any day now?” Aimes says. Her voice falters when Vera shoots her a deadly glare. “Haven’t you heard?” Vera says. “Sixty is new forty. And my mind is as clear and sharp as a—a sniper rifle.”
