One morning, Grandma Bua did not come down to her chair. She had a high fever and felt too to get up. Ploy called the doctor . He said it was a chest infection, but at her age she needed complete . Ploy found it to concentrate at work. Every hour she ran upstairs to check on Grandma, worried. Mint took over the café. Customers noticed Grandma’s immediately. The noodle seller brought a pot of soup, and Ben wrote Grandma a letter in Thai. Children from the book corner drew pictures for her. Ploy realized how much the café depended on Grandma. She was not a figure in the corner; she was the heart of the place. Jay came home from university to keep Grandma , and he read to her from Ben’s book about the lane. After a week, Grandma’s returned. She came downstairs, a little , and sat in her chair. The whole café applauded . Grandma waved her hand and asked for a coffee.