Nora narrowed her eyes and looked at Old Maddy intently.
There was silence in the ward.
Lily had left the room when the two started talking, and was standing guard outside the door.
The white-walled ward seemed completely silent. Apart from tranquility, there was only the smell of pungent disinfectant in the air.
But be it Old Maddy or Nora, both of them were very used to such a smell.
The former had stayed there for a very long time by then and had already become accustomed to the smell, while the latter had pretty much grown up being bathed in the smell.
When she was in poor health as a child, she was often hospitalized. Her bedroom at home would also be sanitized with disinfectants.
