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Anderson left

"I know you’re awake, Missy McFaker! Open those eyes! It’s a beautiful day out!"

Oh, dear God, please don’t let her have opened the blindsSheri cracked her eyes open and shut theht jabbed themselves into her eyeballs " Please close the curtains !"

"Dear, you need htstand, trying to find her sunglasses "Can you hand lasses, please, if you won’t shut the curtain?"

"Those old things? They’re way too dark You should try using blue blockers You’ll see much better that way"

That would turn the ice picks into broadswords No, thank you "I have albiniserous for me," she explained as patiently as she could

"Oh? OH!" Sheri heard the rattling of the curtains being drawn As the light dihed in relief

She cautiously opened her eyes

The rooain Mrs Anderson stood at her bedside holding her sunglasses

"Sorry, dear I didn’t realize"

Sheri stared at her, totally dumbfounded

"Yes, I know I’ry?"

"Ah…yes?"

Mrs Anderson beaet you your lunch then"

Shelady is awake and we’re hungry" She shut the door and marched back over to the bed "There Your food should be here shortly"

Sheri tried, and failed, to stifle a giggle "Door to door service, huh?"

Mrs Anderson nodded decisively "Of course It pays to be the grandmother of the sheriff and the mate of the Marshal, you know" She plopped down into the chair next to the hospital bed, grinning "So, what is it you want to know?"

Sheri thought about it for a moment "The secret of immortality?"

One salt-and-pepper eyebrow rose into the air "When you learn that one make sure you share with the rest of the class"

"How’s Belle?"

The smile left her face "They had to put a pin in her hip"

Sheri winced "She won’t be able to change unless they remove it"

"Which won’t be for quite a while, unfortunately And don’t feel guilty, either Belle said she wants to see you as soon as you feel up to it She’s worried about you"