Chapter 4

At the hospice, there was always never ending medicine to take.

Neither me nor Zoe could escape it.

Every single day, we swallowed handfuls of pills.

To trick Zoe into taking her meds, I bought her a big box of chocolates.

The box was stuffed with all sorts of flavors.

The chocolates were able to wash the taste of medicine away.

Zoe loved those chocolates so much that I got her two big boxes for Christmas.

Online shopping packages were usually left at the security room.

Once Zoe found out about the two boxes, she was up bright and early,…