Chapter 32

• Nanna's soft voice guides me back to reality. I can feel the weakness in my muscles, my legs, particularly feel like a shaky newborn lamb, and I wonder for a moment how I will manage getting out of the tub. But Nanna surprises me with her strength and helps me out without a sound. Again she sets me on the side of the tub while she dries me with a soft towel. She's gone from almost breaking down herself on the porch to becoming my rock. She helps me put on the clothes that Leah must have snuck in.
• "Thank you," I whisper brokenly when she has finished.
• Her soft fingers trace my cheek, before tipping my head back by placing a finger beneath my chin.