PART ONE
“Your mum will drop you off,” Akina’s dad said to her as she was packing up and getting ready to head home. “I have some work I have to do around the hospital before I can finally join you home.”
Akina looked at her mum who was helping her pack up. It was still odd seeing her there. Even though they had settled things and agreed to start afresh, it still felt wrong, as though it just was not supposed to be.
“Okay,” Akina said sceptically and then looked back at her dad with a tiny smile. “What time are you going to come?” she hoped he would say soon, she had no intentions of staying home alone even though Jasmine was likely going to show up on her front door.
“I don’t know, I had asked for a break so I could be with you and now I have to catch up on the lost hours,” her dad re
