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ALL OF A SUDDEN, many people were around her. The wardens, Dr Chee, the nurses. Jas was there, too. Everyone was talking and calling for help and a stretcher. Melati pushed away hands trying to pull her up. “Just let me recover for a bit.”
“Are you all right?” Dr Chee’s expression was disturbed. He glanced at her uniform. “You’re hurt.”
Melati looked. The side of her uniform was covered in blood. “I don’t think it’s mine. I’m a bit shaken, but I’m fine.” Her head felt woolly and she had trouble concentrating enough to listen to all those voices in the corridor. In amongst the racket, she thought she could still hear the woman’s voice.
Where had it come from?
Jas said, “Let me take you upstairs.”
“Really, I’m fine. Look after him. He’s much worse off.”
Dr Chee had already dropped
