Greg got up and dressed Annie, who was already awake and calling from her cot. While the two of them munched on toast she packed her bag and tried to ignore the feeling of dread. They drove first to her mother’s house to drop off Annie, who sang all the way. Her mother was in the kitchen in her red Chinese dressing-gown, sipping from a mug of tea. As they left she put her weathered gardener’s hand on Toni’s arm and said: ‘Ring me as soon as you know anything.’ Greg dropped her at the entrance to the public wing of the big private hospital. ‘I’ll see you up there,’ he said, and went off to park. It was a hospital in the east of the city made up of a motley complex of buildings from different eras and built in different styles, some newer than others but none that was attractive. The public wing was an old building, ten storeys high, and uninviting. She made enquiries in the foyer with an elderly nun and then walked the length of the main corridor until she found the lifts.
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