On the overground train, two teenage boys get on at Hackney Downs, talking about exam results. One is hoping to get two A*'s and an A. "That would be sweet. If you get that, it's Cambridge man. Yup, Cambridge...imagine rocking up there on the first day in that neon tracksuit!"
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In the still new waiting room of Children's Outpatients, a lift-the-flap book sits on top of a locked white cabinet, too high for small arms to reach. On the front cover, a faded sticker that reads, "For Distraction Only."
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Leaving the waiting room, someone else's tiny child with big dark eyes
and a mini red duffel coat follows us. Paul has to take her back to her mother.
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