A Doctor's Apprentice

"Let me have the bag." Nick said to me as he stretched his hand toward me.

I nodded, already sliding the bag off my shoulder, although my eyes were still stuck on the little boy who seemed to be in some kind of agony. His mother stood at the far corner of the room, darting her eyes between us and her son.

Shouldn't she be sitting closer to him? I thought, whilst stretching the medical bag to Nick.

I stretched the bag towards him, but before he could collect it, a loud voice boomed across the room, causing me to shudder and drop the bag to the floor.

"Who let in a dirty slave near my son?"

Immediately, I shut my eyes tightly, partly from the fear of what would happen next, and the consequences of the crack sound I had heard when the bag had fallen to the floor. Something had broken, and I felt so guilty and afraid.

I was sure that Nick would have my head for whatever it was. So much for concentration.

"Stop bellowing Mark. You have frightened the girl into dropping my medicine ba