The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer

Author:Nathan Filer [Nathan Filer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2013-01-29T11:00:00+00:00

THEN ONE NIGHT SHIFT. At around 3 a.m.

When I hadn’t slept, when I hadn’t taken my break because we were short-staffed, and because breaks were deducted from pay, so if I didn’t take it I’d get an extra £7.40 towards the rent.

I had just helped a new resident into bed after spotting him moving unsteadily through the gloomy corridors, his pyjama bottoms slipping down over bony hips. I wanted to know something about him, something I could say to help him feel at ease, a reassurance about when his wife might visit, or his children. I switched on his bedside light, unlocked the drawer and took out his folder. Attached with Sellotape to the inside front cover was his personal note. It looked different to the others though, the handwriting was different. That was the first thing I noticed. Most of the notes were written by Barbara, this senior care assistant, who would take real pride in making them all neat. But this one wasn’t neat at all. The words wobbled across the page, each letter pressed too hard in pencil. I could picture him doing it, his face scrunched up with the effort. It said,

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