CHAPTER 12 - THE HOSPITAL

Ira sat demurely and tried listening to and digesting what Doc Fleming had to say. He gave her an overview of her mother’s state of health. Brianna had been fighting a losing battle with Leukaemia for seven and made no mention of it to Ira.

          All this was so terrifying, thought Ira. She sat staring hard at him without seeming to register the import of his words.

                   Brianna’s condition had deteriorated over the past few years.

                   She had gone into a faint some hours earlier while tending to her garden in Westside, Kory.

                   She slipped into a coma after that and there was a slim chance of