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After Mia was done eating, she went back upstairs to pick her bag. She tied her hair in a ponytail and then headed out of the house, after she’d bade the workers goodbye.

As she didn’t have money, she trekked to the bus station. Thankfully, a public bus arrived as soon as she got there. She got on.

A while later, Mia arrived at her destination. She stood outside the huge hospital building for a while, thinking to herself: ‘this is where all my savings is coming to.’

She heaved a ...