Recompense by Caroline Goldsworthy

Author:Caroline Goldsworthy [Goldsworthy, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781916122130
Publisher: Gordian Knot Publishing Ltd
Published: 2020-04-12T22:00:00+00:00

23rd March 2016

Abbey Hospital, Bristol, Somerset

Lissa took a last look around the room to make sure she’d not left anything behind. She whirled around at the sound of a cough behind her. Jenni.

‘I’ll miss you,’ the younger woman said. ‘Although I should be allowed out myself soon. I have to get my BMI to eighteen first.’

BMI or body mass index was the number that all the anorexics seemed to focus on, Lissa mused. It wasn’t something she’d considered before her stay at the Abbey but it was the main goal and eighteen was the magic number. At a BMI of eighteen the girls, and all the resident anorexics were female, could attend as day patients just the same as their male counterparts.

She opened her arms and gave Jenni a hug. ‘Let’s keep in touch,’ she said, only slightly surprised that she really meant it. Since her first interaction with Jenni their friendship had grown. Long-term friendships were the first thing to go when you travelled the world. ‘You have my number. Tell me when you get out. Perhaps you could come and visit me?’

‘Perhaps in time you could come and visit me?’ Jenni said hopefully. ‘My parents have an enormous place. Well fairly big. Even with a flat over the garage. They’re away a lot and I get lonely.’

They hugged again, only separating at a knock on the door. Tony Warren stood in the doorway looking slightly embarrassed.

‘Hello, Daddy,’ Lissa said. She gave him a peck on the cheek, and he collected her rucksack off the bed. Lissa followed him, turning to Jenni as she reached the threshold. She clenched her fist with the middle fingers down, thumb and little finger extended. Call me, she mouthed.

Jenni just grinned and waved as if she didn’t have a care in the world, but Lissa caught the hint of anguish behind the girl’s eyes.

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