was so thirsty she decided to risk unsettling her stomach. “Yes, please.”
“I just got some ice from the machine for the compress,” the woman said as she sprang to her feet and headed for the bathroom.
While the water ran and the pipes rattled, Madelyn carefully moved the compress from her head to the nightstand. After a few testing breaths she sat up. She felt woozy, but much better.
“Luke tells me you’re from Texas,” Ms. Randolph said when she returned, a glass of water in one hand and a bucket filled with what sounded like ice and water.
“Yes, ma’am,” Madelyn replied, taking the glass between both her hands as she added a polite thank-you.
“Please, call me Prudy. I have this overpowering urge to run to the mirror to check for crow’s feet and sagging eyelids whenever anyone calls me ma’am.”
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