Kalinda withstand the manipulation of her thumb without a flinch or wince, but was grateful for the pain killers, swallowing them dry. She did wince when he told her not to take her thumb out for three weeks, and sighed "lucky then I guess that it wasn't my right hand" she said, thankful for small mercies. She grimaced after a minutes thought.

"I'm gonna have to go and get my things from home" which meant facing her mother. Kalinda was too tired for that right now, and just the thought of getting up and confronting her mother made her body scream at her. Yet she didn't doubt for a minute that she had made a good decision