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highest because it was rush hour. Everywhere I looked, there was a person running to either catch the bus or go down the subway to catch the train before it de

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d to shout at him and tell him that he was the one who needed to watch where he was going because he bumped into

in the middle of th

re. It wasn't surprising that I was being looked at because a young girl like myself with matted hair and day old

ia

s as I set my eyes on Heather, one of my favorite nurses. She gestured for me to c

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hs. Though the hospital was a place that I was supposed to be happy leaving, I was sad because

something

t it was a receipt showing the payment of my mothers medical bills so that she could be checked properly and give

anything from anyone so the fact that women who didn't know me from Adam but only stayed and took care of my mother and by extension, myself in the last 3 months, could take some

to be hugged because it had been so long since any physical contact with another person. Some days, I forgot that I was someone

u so much

my eyes to take away any errant tears that may have

me, child. Yo

uragement that I didn't know I needed to

mothe

almost coded because of the stress that she put on her self by raising her blood pressure too high,they were able to stabilize her. I had hoped that because of

hing up with her. She lo

r to the wheelchair. She lowered herself into it and moved her legs up. The reason why she needed the wheel chair

o much for he

behind my mothers wheelchair and started rolling her away. We base the

ething to eat? You must be hung

though she was still in pain. I could see it in her eyes. I decid

out of tables. Why don

more, I could at least knock a few coins together to be able to pay for lunch as a treat to my mother for getting out of the hospita

ing air from here"That made me l

t you. How would I eat wh

at, silly. Just go get the food while w

I tell her that the landlord was well on his way to evicting us because I

mum. L

you to

swatted my bottom with her left hand that was easier to move than

red towards the door of the restaurant a few steps from where we were standing.

ack before

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rd were with me. Inside, there wasn't a long line so it was soon my turn. Because of how busy the place was,

ll be

shier who confirmed that it was complete before taking my food th

your patronage

the restaurant because it happened at the area where no one was standing. The anxious chattering and noise of patrons died down in my head as I realized that the spot t