Chapter 56

Later that day at night, Helen stared at her laptop screen and groaned, "my back," she yawned. 

Jane smiled at her friend. They were sitting at the dining table. It was after eleven, and Helen was tired. She was trying to complete the last chapter of her project, which she would submit to her supervisor the following day.

It was a few weeks before their final examinations would start. So they were burning the candle from both ends now.

Helen stood up and walked to the guest toilet to splash cold water on her face. Jane on her own drank coffee earlier, so she wasn't having much trouble keeping awake. Helen didn't like to take coffee at night because the caffeine always affected her even hours later. She returned to the table to continue her typing. 

The water she splashed on her face seemed to work. For the next hour and twenty minutes, she concentrated on her work as her fingers danced across the keyboard. 

She read over her work twice, c