Clinical staff have a way of dissociating to cope with trauma methodically. It was a skill Danica had herself learned since becoming a nurse, and she'd become adept at using it. It protected her. It shielded her from emotional pain caused by things she could never understand. But as she sat in A&E, reeling from Sienna's crash, she couldn't do it. She couldn't flip the switch - dissociate herself. She felt.
She felt pain as she watched the 8 year old boy from the other car guided in on a stretcher. She felt it as she watched his Mother grasp his tiny, limp hand. She felt it as she watched Fraser's face display the horror and guilt he harboured over the entire situation. Most of all, she felt anger.
The catastrophic scene had been caused by Sienna. She'd driven off at dangerous speed, fuel
