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Submitted to Contest #329
CW: Mental health, psychological abuse SHE WINS A call late on a Saturday afternoon moves us with urgency. Mums had another stroke. With only a hastily packed backpack and the hospital post code we drive late into the night to get to her bedside.“We’re here, Mum”, David says, sitting close, stroking her hair, holding her hand. The nurse brings me a hot tea. Black. I sip it immediately. The scolding heat comforts the chill I feel inside. The chill I feel for Mum.Audrey, Mum’s friend is here, along with Mum’s sister Jean. No one knows what to...
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