Poppy (2014)
“The previous day had been alarming, a chaotic mixture of tasks performed (not terribly well, she’d thought) one after the other at the command of Sister Kay, with not a break between nor space to draw breath. The caller couldn’t want her, she thought; as it was quite impossible that she could be mistaken for a real nurse.
‘Nurse!’ The call came again, more urgently, echoing down one of the corridors of the main hospital.
Poppy turned to see a young man, wearing the buff jacket of an orderly, wa...ving to her.
‘Oh, sorry!’ she said, going towards him. ‘I didn’t think you meant me. I’m not really a nurse.’ ‘You’re dressed like one,’ he said.
‘Well, I’m a nursing VAD, but I’ve only just started here.’ She stared at the young man, who was pale and worried-looking, with beads of sweat breaking out on his forehead. ‘Are you all right?’ He shook his head, panting slightly. ‘No . . . It’s my first day and I was just lifting someone and . . .’ ‘You’ve seen something disturbing, haven’t you?’ Poppy said.MoreLess
‘Nurse!’ The call came again, more urgently, echoing down one of the corridors of the main hospital.
Poppy turned to see a young man, wearing the buff jacket of an orderly, wa...ving to her.
‘Oh, sorry!’ she said, going towards him. ‘I didn’t think you meant me. I’m not really a nurse.’ ‘You’re dressed like one,’ he said.
‘Well, I’m a nursing VAD, but I’ve only just started here.’ She stared at the young man, who was pale and worried-looking, with beads of sweat breaking out on his forehead. ‘Are you all right?’ He shook his head, panting slightly. ‘No . . . It’s my first day and I was just lifting someone and . . .’ ‘You’ve seen something disturbing, haven’t you?’ Poppy said.MoreLess
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