Steve’s childhood best friend, Catherine, asked him to take care of her grandmother because her family was moving. He did so with pleasure, even as he got older. But years later, after returning from a business trip, something unbelievable happened.
“Cath! What’s wrong? Why are you crying?” Steve asked his best friend, Catherine, when he spotted her sitting on her front porch crying while holding her knees to her chest.
“We’re moving away!” she wailed at him, and Steve was shocked. They were 13 years old, lived in Newport, Rhode Island, and had never been apart a day.
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“Don’t worry! I’ll write you emails every single day, and I’ll come visit,” Steve said, hoping to cheer her friend up, but Catherine shook her head.
“Marie-Sue! Marie-Sue! Where are you?” he called desperately… He ran to her bedroom, and there was no bed, no furniture, nothing.
“I know we’ll do that a lot. That’s not why I’m crying,” she started, sniffing the wetness in her nose. “I’m crying because we’re leaving our grandmother behind.”
“But why? Can’t she come with you guys?” he asked, surprised. Catherine’s grandmother lived a few blocks away from them, and he thought it would be easier to take her with them.
But her friend continued shaking her head. “She doesn’t want to leave her home. She loves her house. She said she worked too hard to give it up. I’ve been helping take care of her for so long. What am I going to do? Who’s going to watch her?”
“You know what? I’ll take care of her. I can do everything you did for her,” Steve offered.
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Catherine stared at him through wet eyelashes and sniffed again. “Are you sure?” she asked.
“Yes. I promise, Cath. Your grandmother will never be alone!” He sat down with his friend, and her tears began to subside.
Years passed, and Steve kept his promise. Every day, he visited Catherine’s grandmother, Marie-Sue, who was lovely. He didn’t have any grandparents, so it was a new experience for him. She baked him cookies, cooked him dinner, and recounted to him pretty exciting stories about her life.
Even when he became a teenager and found new interests, he still cared for the older lady without complaint. She usually only needed help with random tasks such as grocery shopping, changing lightbulbs, and helping with her garden. Steve enjoyed doing all of them for her, and his family would often invite her to their house for...
