‘You’re the one who’s all smiles and happy voices all the time.’
‘When I’m here for Dad, yes. This is hell, though. This is really, really hard.’
More nurses appeared. Three this time, hunting in a pack. ‘We need to reposition your dad,’ one of them said. ‘Should only take a couple of minutes. We’ll give you a shout when you can come back in.’
They were barely out of their seats before the curtains had been whipped closed around the cubicle. Jessica paused on the other side of the faded screen for a moment longer than she should have, just listening. Funny, she thought, how the curtains brought about such an abrupt change in behaviour. She was still thinking about it when she caught up with Andrew in the family lounge. He’d already made himself a coffee. It was almost at his lips when s
