She finally had a day off, the first in nearly two months to be honest. She had managed to sneak in a few hours on several other scheduled days off but this time she had been caught. The was an ordered time off with the preparation for an extended vacation, either that or they would let her go. 'We need a doctor on call with their head in the game, Helen, you need this. You'll thank me later.' She gave a disgusted smirk as her boss' words floated freely around in her mind. "How would you know," she mumbled as she walked down the street, just low enough not to be heard.<br/><br/>She tried going home but couldn't handle even an hour there, too many ghosts hanging on the walls and the echoes that lingered. How could something sound so sweet and lively feel like a knife turning in her stomach. So even with the rain she decided to take a walk, far away from the noises and ghosts and down the sidewalk of busy streets. It must have been the end of a normal work day, everyone else was so eager to get home. Here she was walking away from it, caring very little about the fact she was becoming soaked since leaving her umbrella. It wasn't like she could go get it either since it was at the hospital and she was forbidden there today.<br/><br/>After a while though the chill on her wet skin became noticeble to cause her to shiver, blindly she turned into the nearest door which happened to be an entrance to a store. She wiped her feet before entering and wrapped her arms around herself letting the objects around catch her eye. There was one in particular that caught her attention instantly, it made her even lose her breath a moment. She walked forward and picked up the knit cap, colored red and blue. It was made to fit a child but it looked so familar, it had to be one just like it. But that was impossible, the one she knew was hand made and there was nothing like this made in stores. By now she held the thing tightly in both hands and tried to rationalize this was not the wool knit cap sitting at home in her son's dresser.