20. Visiting hours

Kadin told Rene what happened in great detail while they were preparing brunch and she is now laying the table while Rene is fetching Billy. Billy appears with the towel just above the horrible marks on his back low on his loins.

Kadin pulls out a chair: “Come and sit here, Billy, we prepared beef sausages and big egg omelettes with lots of melted cheese, bacon and tomato together with whole wheat toast and warm coffee. Everything is ready. Just help yourself to milk, sugar and coffee. I hope you like this kind of food.”

Billy smiles thankfully and avoids his back touching the back of the chair by sitting at the tip in an upright position. Troubled Kadin frowns and shudders at the thought of the damage on his back. With a question mark on her face, she remarks: “His back looks horrible, Mother. We must get him to a doctor. The pain must be unbearable.”