‘Who’s your friend?’ Jean’s voice was dry. The girl’s hair was a botched dye-job black, long and silky at the back, and around her face in a feather-...
The phone box was a two-minute walk down the street from the house. The inside of it was grotty, smelled of pee, which was just badness, Jean thought...
Sitting in the chair, which was squashed in beside my bed, the auxiliary nurse mopped under my big feet. I tried to make myself as small as possible...