Ousted: A thrilling debut novel of survival and humanity by James M Hopkins

Author:James M Hopkins [Hopkins, James M]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-10-10T22:00:00+00:00

“Oh, my word, Grace,” Mina yelled up the stairs. Grace lay in clean sheets on the bed, revelling in the feeling of comfort and cleanliness that had evaded her for the past week. She heard the rapid thuds of Mina sprinting up the stairs. “Check this out.”

“Oh, no,” Grace said. “Not the death book.”

“Oh, no ‘oh-no’. It tells us in here how to make a proper cast for your leg. It’ll be equal to the ones they put on at the hospital!” Mina jumped onto the bed excitedly, rocking Grace who had to clutch at the structure currently enveloping her broken leg. Mina leant the book over in front of her and pointed a rigid forefinger at a set of bullet points within a grey box in the margin. “I have all the shit we need right in this house. Well, apart from the plaster, but that’s only as far away as the shed down there.” Mina gesticulated towards the window that overlooked the garden.

Grace looked quizzically at Mina and then down at the book to read the text. When she finished, she looked back up at Mina. “You think you will be able to make that?”

“Yea, sure. Why not?”

“You?”

“Yes.” Mina mocked a slap towards Grace’s cheek, slammed the book shut and bounced up to face Grace with her feet tucked underneath her. “Let me tell you. First, we take off that weird contraption that I put on your leg. It turns out that it sucks. Then, we get a long sports sock that will go up to your knee. Happy so far?”

Grace nodded, maintaining her original puzzled look.

“Good. So, then we take some soft bandage – which I have – and wrap it around your leg, from foot to about halfway up your calf muscle. Okay? Then the key bit is we do a light mix of plaster, dip more bandage into it for a few seconds and then wrap it around the leg so it is over the top of the rest. We keep doing that a while ‘til its thick and set hard. Hey presto, you will have yourself a fine leg cast.” Mina puffed out a long breath. “-And I could have thought of that before building some bizarre frame around your leg.”

“Okay,” Grace said tentatively. “I will let you try, you better magic up some proper crutches while you’re at it too. Are you ready to become Doctor Mina?”

Mina nodded excitedly.

“You want to do it now, don’t you?”

“I will go get it all together.”

“No, wait. Get it together, but I would rather do it in the morning. I’m shattered.”

“Alright then. Do you want me to bring you a book?”

“What’d you recommend, nothing gory though, obviously.” Grace nodded down at her leg.

Mina thought for a moment. “Carrie’s Waffle House.”

Grace looked quizzically at Mina.

“It’s like sex, drugs and revolutionaries.”

“Alright then. Sounds strange. I guess that’s why you own it.”

Mina rushed off to get everything she needed, firstly, dropping the book off with Grace so she could read and sleep.

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