"I just hope he feels better soon, so that he can get out," Maddy sympathized.
"He really, really is" Maddy agreed. "It's almost impossible for me to be upset when he's around. Oh, I have to show you this bracelet he got me." She pushed back the sleeve of her sweater. "I went in and got tested for Huntington's, and I was kind of freaking out about it, and he gave me this before we went in. For being brave, he said."