Elna says she already came once that morning.ĭanny has trouble comprehending that his mother was here this morning while he was eating breakfast. She then says that she heard Maeve was sick and came, which prompts Danny to silently curse Fluffy and tell Elna she can come back when Maeve is healthy. He asks what she wanted, and she says she wanted to say she was sorry. No other births or events had done so, but now, here she is.Įlna is crying as she stands up before Danny. It turns out the heart attack had “lured her out from beneath the floorboards” (261). He is shocked to realize it is his mother. She also had not considered it was her heart until Otterson had said something.ĭuring the next few days, Danny and Otterson are there continually, but on the fourth day, Danny enters the room to see an older woman with short gray hair sitting beside a sleeping Maeve. Maeve later jokes that she could not believe Otterson raised his voice to the young woman at the desk. When he arrives at the hospital, he learns Otterson saved Maeve’s life by not driving her home when she became ill but taking her to the hospital instead. Danny is struck that Maeve is 52 and their father died when he was 53. Otterson calls and says Maeve has had a heart attack. Jocelyn’s words about Danny needing to step in and be calm if Maeve gets sick come back to him when Mr.
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