MAXINE

"Come, let's go," Nadia said, picking up the tray of antiseptics and surgical scissors.

I followed after her into the torch-lit corridors of the pack hospital. The pungent smell of antiseptic hung heavy in the air. Nadia's eyebrows furrowed but she bounced with nervous energy.

"You were incredible with that delivery, Maxine," Nadia said, her voice filled with awe. "The way you helped her deliver that baby… it was like magic!"

"Again, the herbs did the job. Not me. Though, I ...