California Diaries # 11: Dawn III: Missing - Plot & Excerpts
What Carol tried to fix for dinner 5. (Nothing else is coming to mind.) Wednesday afternoon 2/23 I popped into the hospital after school today. Mr. Winslow had been there at lunch, and two of Mrs. Winslow’s friends were just leaving. I had been hoping for some miniscule improvement in Mrs. Winslow’s condition. Truly. A miniscule improvement would have been acceptable. But she seemed worse. She was just lying in bed with her eyes closed. I thought she was asleep. So I whispered to her friends, “I’l come back tomorrow.” But one of the friends said, “No, that’s okay. She’s awake.” Then they left. I watched them hurry down the hall. I fished around in my pocket for the list of things to tell Mrs. Winslow, glanced at it, and put it back. Nothing felt right. Then I opened Franny and Zooey and continued reading. Cafeteria, Thursday 2/25 Pouring rain today. Ducky was just here. We split a juice. I asked Ducky if he’s visited Mrs. Winslow recently. “I’ve only been to the hospital once,”
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