The Blue Helmet (2006)
“After calling the cops, I had soaked a towel in warm water and wiped her face clean, then led her into the kitchen and made a cup of tea. She kept insisting she was “all right now,” but her hands shook and she seemed distanced, as if she’d taken a couple of tranquillizers. She was able to tell me that Del was an ex-boyfriend. She had kicked him out a few years ago when she finally realized that he was never going to give up the booze and drugs. Tonight he had come back desperate for money and b...eaten her up when she refused to give him any.
After the cops had told Reena they’d be in touch to take her statement, they cuffed Del and took him away. Reena wouldn’t let the cops radio for an ambulance, so I had called a cab and helped her get into some clothes, which she pulled on over her pajamas.
At the Queensway General Emergency ward we waited along with more than a dozen other people, sitting in hard plastic chairs. A wall-mounted TV was showing a tabloid news program. There were a few coffee tables littered with magazines, a couple of vending machines, a broken play centre for kids.MoreLess
After the cops had told Reena they’d be in touch to take her statement, they cuffed Del and took him away. Reena wouldn’t let the cops radio for an ambulance, so I had called a cab and helped her get into some clothes, which she pulled on over her pajamas.
At the Queensway General Emergency ward we waited along with more than a dozen other people, sitting in hard plastic chairs. A wall-mounted TV was showing a tabloid news program. There were a few coffee tables littered with magazines, a couple of vending machines, a broken play centre for kids.MoreLess
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