Today's OneWord: Rocker

Off her rocker. Lost her marbles. That's what people say a lot about Nina Mills, when they think she's not listening. Any other "sensible" individual would have placed Orville into a cozy retirement home with wi-fi and cable TV and lots of beige uniformed underlings tending to him. But to keep him at their estate and take care of him herself because that's "what he wanted," well - that's just crazy talk.

But Nina does listen, while she bags her groceries and takes them to her convertible. She's always listening.

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