TWENTY-SIX

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It wasn't until we left the University College Hospital that a wave of panic suddenly overwhelmed me. My thoughts send chills rolling down my spine, like a cube of ice is being dragged over each vertebra, bringing my skin to life. I've seen that nurse some before. She has haunted my dreams and hunted for my hiding places.

Blanche looked at me, concerned. "Are you okay?"

My head was spinning, and my heart was thumping like mad in my chest. I felt short of breath. Sweat breaking out everywhere.

"The nurse," I just managed to say.

"What about her?"

"Why would she be so worried about his call-bed equipment when there is a policeman on duty outside?"

Realisation flashed over Blanche's face. "And where was the policeman when we left?"

We stumbled back out of the car. The car park is underground and accessible only by a staircase that brings you up in the street opposite the A&E of the hospital. So, we cut across the street, we