魔蝎小说

第39章 冰淇淋女孩（第2页）

“那么，每周末我都要带着冰淇淋来看她，拥抱她，即便她不认识我。”埃莉诺说。

毕竟，记住爱比记住某人的名字更重要。

Eleanordidn'tknorongwithGrandma。Shewasalwaysfthings，likewheresheputthesugar，whentopayherbills，andwhattimetobereadytobepickedupfroceryshopping。

"What&#withGrandma？"Elea;Sheusedtobesueatlady。Nowshelookssadandlostarememberthings。"

"Grandma'sjustgettingold，"Mothersaid，"Sheht;

"What'sitliketogetold？"Elea;Doeseverybs？WillI？""Netsthiheygetold，EleahinkGrandmamayhaveAlzheimer'sdisease，andthatmakesherfetmore。utherinanursihepropereeds。"

"Oh，Mom！That'sterrible！She'llmissherownlittlehousesomu'tshe？"

"Maybe，butthereisn'tmuchelsewedo。She'llgetgoodcarethereandmakesome;

Eleanorlookedsorrowful。Shedidn'tliketheideaatall。

"wegoaen？"sheasked。"I'llmisstalkingtoGrandma，evenifsheds。"

"Weweekends，"Mothera;Wetakeherapresent。""Likeicecream？Grarawberryicecream！"Eleanorsmiled。

"Strawberryicecreamitis！"Mothersaid。

&imetheyvisitedGrandmainthenursinghome，Eleaocry。

"Mom，almostallofthepeopleareinwheelchairs"shesaid。

"Theyhavetobe。Otherwisethey'dfall，"Motherexplai;NowwhenyouseeGrandma，smileandtellherhowniceshelooks。"

Grandmasatallbyherselfiheroomtheycalledthesunparlor。Shesatlookingoutatthetrees。

Eleanrandma。"Look，"shesaid，&quhtyouapresent—yourfavorite，strawberryicecream！"

GrandmatooktheDixiedthespooingwithoutsayingaword。

"I'msureshe'senjoyi;Eleanor'smotherassuredher。

"Butshedoesn'tseemtoknowus。"Eleanorointed。

"Youhavetogivehertime，"Mothersaid。"She'sinnewsurroundings，aomakea;

ButtheheyvisitedGrandmaitwasthesame。Sheatetheicedsmiledatthem，butshedidn'tsayanything。

"Grandma，doyouknowwhoIam？"Eleanorasked。

"Yirlwhsmetheiceasaid。

"Yes，butI'mEleanor，tranddaughter。Don'tyourememberme。"Sheasked，throwingherarmsaroundtheoldlady。

Graly。

"Remember？SureIremember。Yirlwhsmeicecream。"

SuddenlyEleahatGrandmawouldneverrememberher。Grandmawaslivinginaworldallherown，inaworldofshadowymemoriesandloneliness。

"Oh，howIloveyou，Grandma！"shesaid。JusttheearrolldownGrandma'scheek。

"Love，"shesaid。"Irememberlove。"

"Yousee，dear，that'sallshewants，"Mothersaid。"Love。"

"I&#hericecreameveryweekendthen，andhugherevenifshedoesn'trememberme，"Eleanorsaid。

&hatwasmoreimportant—torememberloveratherthansomeone'sname。