In this story Casey Noose is twenty one month old. Casey was at her father's work place, because her mother got suddenly sick and couldn't take care of Casey. Mrs. Graziano was a member of the board of directors, who wanted to meet the person, who solved the fraud and burglary case bugging the company. They arrived unannounced and found not only Fin Noose in his office, but also his daughter. Mrs. Graziano is in her late thirties.
I missed my Mama and
cried. Daddy was there, but I still wanted Mama. She didn’t come. It was a big
disappointment. Daddy tried hard to calm me. I felt inconsolable. The strangers
in the room didn’t make the situation easier for me. I don’t like people I’ve
never seen in my whole life. Watching them interact with my Daddy, who
explained things to them I didn’t understand, I liked an old lady and wanted to
go to her.
Daddy and the lady
understood, so I gave her a big smile as soon as I was in her arms. She was
delighted. The woman reminded me of my Abuelita. She smelled even slightly like
her, which reminded me that Grandma was coming to visit us for something called
Christmas. Since I didn’t know when Christmas was I wanted to check and asked:
“Abuelita?” The old lady frowned. “I am not your grandmother.” The woman said
disgruntled. That was an odd answer to my question. “Mm, I don’t think Casey
believes you’re her grandmother, Mrs. Graziano. She wants to know when her real
one is coming.” My Daddy told Mrs. Graziano. To me he said: “You have to sleep
two times and Granny is going to be with you.” I wondered if this included my
naps or only the nights. It would have been nice, if it would be with the naps
included. I doubted it, though. I was glad Mrs. Graziano wasn’t angry with me
anymore and the focus changed to Daddy’s work and of course I was right that my
Granny did arrive on the third day.
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