After Four Years

Annabelle hurried inside the mansion on hearing about gran's accidental fall from her bed. She had been so engrossed in giving dance lessons since morning at her studio in one of gran's spare garages that she did not have time to visit gran in her room in the morning. They always had their first-morning coffee together. Both of them always looked forward to those bonding sessions. But today, she had some fresh admissions to deal with and she was too occupied since morning. In fact, she missed her morning coffee too.

Guilt-stricken, she chided herself. Had she taken out time and visited her, gran would not have...