1.30 Getting out

With the two kids and the baby and Angela still too weak to work, everything had been left to Catarina these past weeks. Especially the garden was a piece of work. It had grown immensely and they could make a profit from selling produce at last.



So it felt good to get back out for a change. She hadn't had a drink in ages and boy did she need one.



Or Two. Or some more.



She felt so dizzy that she didn't even notice she was falling from the barstool. Her head must have hit something, she couldn't say what it was. She couldn't make out where she was anymore. She took one last look around, before she sunk to the floor and closed her eyes. She was exhausted. Maybe she should just rest here.

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