Before you were assigned to her.
She had specifically requested a volunteer for Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
The coordinator thought it was just about scheduling.” Patricia smiled.
“I always wondered.”
“She planned everything,” I said.
“She was the most organized person I’ve ever met.” Patricia paused.
“She was also the loneliest.
For a long time.” She looked at me.
“Until you started coming.”
I turned the ring over in my hand.
“I keep thinking about all the things I didn’t know,” I said.
“All the conversations we had where she knew and I didn’t.
I keep wondering what she was feeling.”
“I can tell you what she told me,” Patricia said.
“About a month before she passed, she had a bad night.
I sat with her for a while.
She said — ” Patricia paused, remembering.
“She said, *I found her.
After everything, I found her.
And she’s good.
She’s genuinely good.
