100 Word Story: Alzheimer’s Mama

She hid money in there. You have to look through every towel.”

There was talk of cash in the linen closet where the good tablecloths were kept. So, Annie pulled out every piece of fabric, shook it out, and laid it over the orange chair in the living room.

She found a silver rabbit wrapped in a washcloth, a can opener tucked in a pillowcase, and then five $1 bills wrapped tight with a dozen rubber bands in a Christmas napkin. But then under the doilies was a tiny box with a lock of her red hair and a thimble.