It was the next morning. Dan woke and sat up on Maddy's couch where he had spent the night. Dan's surprise for Maddy was still set up in the kitchen from the prvious evening. He had eventually given up on waiting for Maddy to come home. He glanced at his watch, it was almost 7 o'clock, She must be home by now. He made his way upstairs to check her room but she wasn't there. He checked the rest of the house but he still didn't have much luck. He made one last attempt by shouting her name and gave up when there was no answer. She obviously wasn't home yet. Dan flicked open his mobile, found Maddy's mobile and pressed call. It started ringing. He waited while it rang and rang and then hung up when it went to voicemail. Where was she?
Tom opened his eyes and looked round, he was still in the linen cupboard. He smiled slightly as he remembered the night before and rolled over onto his side expecting to see Maddy, but she wasn't there. He sat up and looked at his watch, it was 7 o'clock. Both he and Maddy started work at eight. Surely she would have woken him up before leaving. He quickly got dressed and straightened up, she was likely to be grabbing a coffee before arriving on the ward.
Maddy was still curled up on the bench. She had been there all night. She guessed that people had thought that she was a homeless person because someone had took pity on her and dropped a load of change by the bench. Maddy sat up, she was stiff from sleeping on the hard wood and the cold air was making her shiver more than usual. she pulled the cardigen she had on tightly around her arms suddenly realising that she had forgotten her coat in her hurry to get out of the hospital and away from Tom. Maddy looked around at the now crowded train station as people were bustling on and off the trains in a bid to get to work. It was then Maddy decided she had better get to work herself. As she got up she felt slightly dizzy but she just put that down to disturbed sleep. She carried on walking slowly but it felt like each step was getting worse. She looked down and saw that the jeans covering her right leg was covered with blood. She reached out with her hand to touch it but the sight of her own blood seemed to be making her feel even more faint. Eventually she had no choice but to let the dizziness take over her and she lay on the ground unconscious.