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And then?
Meredith
THE RATTLING OF THE STAINLESS STEEL food containers wakes me up as the lunch trolleys pass my room on their way down the corridor. I can’t believe I’ve slept so long. My first thought is the baby and I press my hands to my belly. Everything feels the same. My bump is still there.
My second thought is Sukey. She’s out in the corridor talking to the lunch staff. She pops her head around the door. “Oh good, you’re awake at last. I thought you were going to sleep forever,” she says. “What do you want for lunch? I’m helping. Sister Jones says I’m a godsend.”
I can’t help laughing at the dedicated look on her face. “What have you got?”
She hands me the menu and I choose the most acceptable dish. Sukey brings me a meal on a tray and goes back out to help with the other
