A Hundred Pieces of Me
“It’s very different from the NHS A&E department to which they were airlifted after the accident, but the second Gina sets foot in the echoing foyer the taste in her mouth comes flooding back – the calmly rushing staff, the smell of disinfectant and human fear.
She grips the carrier-bag with her offerings in it: magazines, some grapes, CDs of their favourite music. She wasn’t sure what to bring, what Kit might be up to enjoying, because no one will tell her exactly how he is, but she didn’t want... to bring anything that gave the wrong message. She wants her presents to say, You’re going to be fine.
The presents have to say that because Gina can’t believe anything will be fine again. Her brain is foggy with grief and shock, not helped by the codeine she’s on for her broken collarbone. Nothing feels real, but that’s not a problem because she still hopes that at some point she’ll wake up and this will all have been a dream.
She shuffles on the plastic seat outside his room and adjusts her shoulder brace, which is digging into her bruises.MoreLess
She grips the carrier-bag with her offerings in it: magazines, some grapes, CDs of their favourite music. She wasn’t sure what to bring, what Kit might be up to enjoying, because no one will tell her exactly how he is, but she didn’t want... to bring anything that gave the wrong message. She wants her presents to say, You’re going to be fine.
The presents have to say that because Gina can’t believe anything will be fine again. Her brain is foggy with grief and shock, not helped by the codeine she’s on for her broken collarbone. Nothing feels real, but that’s not a problem because she still hopes that at some point she’ll wake up and this will all have been a dream.
She shuffles on the plastic seat outside his room and adjusts her shoulder brace, which is digging into her bruises.MoreLess
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