Apparently she was a mermaid; there wedding was to be a plastic Malibu affair. Her dress, a bedazzled, gaudy sarong with leis for a train, and coral bits for the rings…
She said she was addicted to pearls, – ate them like candy, until about a year ago when they plucked her from the ocean, and gave her pills instead.
“Entertain her for a bit,” the other nurse said. So I picked up the Ken doll, and let Barbie buy another pet dolphin.
In which a mentally ill woman thinks she is a mermaid...