It stinks here. I mean really stinks–make you want to retch kind of stink.  It’s the sort of stink you back away from, and no matter how tightly you clamp your hand over your nose and mouth, it still wriggles its way in, takes up residence in the back of your throat, starts a family [...]

I had 45 seconds of freedom. Ms Freaky was talking to what I can only describe as the receptionist, showing her two little notebooks, getting them stamped, and peeling back the bandage on her wrist to show the woman what was underneath. I probably should have bolted then, but by the time I’d convinced myself [...]