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Chapter 22: Join the fight
“Good morning, Aubrey. Are you ready?,” Matron Constance says to me as she stands on the front porch with her hands on her back.
“I…” for a second I feel baffled by her presence but then I recall the awful attack against Matron Mary Ann, of course she is not going to be able to come pick me up after what happened. “Yes, I am ready, good morning, Matron Constance.”
“Excellent, then let's get going. It is a lovely morning, isn’t it?"
I close the door behind me and I follow the Matron.
“How is Matron Mary Ann doing?” I ask her while we walk.
“She is much better now, thank you for asking, she is a little scared because of what happened, but luckily she is going to recover. She will take a few days off and then she will be as good as new and ready to go back to the Ministry to work,” she replies without slowing
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