The Night Nurse

Chapter 5
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Hello dear Ex,

Gregory Isaacs once sang about a nurse who was the only remedy for a pain no doctor could cure. I used to think that was just a clever line in a reggae song; I didn't understand the weight of those words until the afternoon you walked past my workplace.

I was standing by the window of the phone shop inside the mall. It was a slow, hazy afternoon. Little to no clients were coming in, and I was just watching the human traffic outside through the big glass walls, completely oblivious to how the universe was setting us up.

Then I saw you, Shazz.

Your dreadlocks were crisp, neat, and freshly...

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