Chapter 35

Brick

After Merigold came back with Speed’s medication Gretchen and she gave Speed a bath to lower her temperature and get the smell of tequila off of her. When they were done they called me in to help get Speed out of the bath. I held her close to me not caring that I was getting wet while the girls dried Speed off. I carried her to the bed then stepped back to let the girls get her dressed.  Merigold goes over to Speed’s bag that is by the dresser. She pulls out something purple and fuzzy, something yellow, and starts to laugh. “ I can’t believe she packed these.” Merigold lays the items on the bed. The fuzzy purple thing turned out to be a pair of pajama pants. The yellow thing was a large tee-shirt that said ‘ Too Lazy To Be Fashionable’. Merigold wipes her eyes. “ Kelley only wears these when either she or Ratchet was sick. I bought them for her the first time Ratchet had the fl