“Because she’s the only person we saw today who spoke to me like a fellow adult. Who treated me like a whole person, and not just some patient they should pity.” Her eyebrows rose, the right one higher than the left. “Diane and Monique, who you seem to be so fond of, all but screamed in my ears and spoke syllable by syllable, as if I were a child. So, yes, Adelaide is exactly the person I want to take care of me.”
