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Station on Monday morning. I buy myself a cup of coffee as I make

nd, so neither of us got much rest. But after dropping all my w

k out of the elevator on to the outpatient floor where I have c

t," I answer

just get a li

r than they were before. Kavya keeps threatenin

s parents born

els good seeing the look on my moth

r mother is around to help you guys out. Mine lives over an hour away and would rather

fast to keep in step with me. "You'd get your life bac

Even though we wrote our MRCP exams at the same time, he has since been able

ested in getting an Au Pair, either," I say, walking into the cons

e rearranged and I left for home several hours earlier than I normally did... and found that she had been harbouring her boyfriend in her bedroom for Lord knows how long. Walking into

go, the fact that she'd put my daughter's life at risk with a strange man in the house was

ing down my cup of coffee. "And with my reduc

arry on the way you are, and soon you really won't

I nod in agreement. He's right. I

his week," he wiggles his bushy brows and winks, my cue that I won't like th

d to what has to be the most annoying collection of

ng on the patients' chair opposite me. "Her

t time someone tried to play matchmaker

ter a long pause, he adds, "Namisa, woul

still. I glance up at him from the computer I'm

ng to his feet. "She's a real stunne

, Ya

l, willowy and with glossy mahogany coloured skin, we'd met as medical students at Queen Mary University. Away from her family in Malawi for the first time, I'd been more than glad to ease her homesickness and help her settle i

ry few pictures where her brilliant white teeth are not on full display in what was her signature grin. But frowning or not, she is still

sk her. "Should I bite the bu

it is the ringing of the telephone on my desk that brings me back to realit

the agency's number, and ask them to send an Au Pair for me to intervie