The Bear in the Hospital Was Not the Scariest Part of the Night
Everyone Turns Away
Her words carried weight, but the people around her stayed frozen, their expressions hard and distant. She tried again, her voice cracking as she asked what would happen if they waited too long to help. No one responded. They looked away as if silence could excuse doing nothing.
She didn’t stay there. Her feet carried her forward, turning corners and passing more blank stares. The deeper she went, the more alone she felt. But then she saw Steve, the surgeon everyone trusted in a crisis. In that moment, she knew he might be the only one who’d listen.
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