I got a severe tongue lashing when I finally got home from mum, she grounded me for a week and banned me from the hospital for two days.
I dragged myself out of bed the next morning, glancing in the mirror and lamenting the bird’s nest that was my hair. Bags were evident under my eyes from the lack of sleep and my face had lost what colour it usually had.
Dragging a brush through my hair, I threw on my uniform and made my way downstairs to the empty kitchen, looks like mum was on an early shift this morning, I doubted she got more than four hours sleep.
I hastily made some toast before running upstairs to brush my teeth and grab my bag and keys.
Heading out the front door, I grabbed my coat and my mother’s old scarf from the hook as I shivered at the blast of cold air that struck me, g
