Darn It!Nicki winced at the unmistakeable sound of fabric ripping. A piece of her skirt had got caught in the side of her seat, and hadn’t moved with her as she stood up to get off the bus. Her skirt, which she had thought would look so great in work, was now ruined. How was she going to manage to get through the day looking a state?The fact that her skirt had torn so easily wasn’t surprising. Lately she didn’t have much money, and the little she did have was spent on making sure that Katie was taken care of. After her precious daughter, there was precious little left to put towards her work wardrobe, so she bought the cheapest clothes she could afford. They crumpled easily, weren’t very warm, and they tore at the slightest bit of pressure. But it would have been nice if it had happened on the way home from work rather than on the way there.It had already been a nightmare of a morning. Katie had been over with her father the night before, and she was always a little bit unsettled after his visits.
