After My Accident My Son Said I Was in the Way and Left Me at the Hospital Until Five Days Later Everything Changed

with my finger hovering over Dennis’s number and simply said, “Don’t.”

I looked up at her.

“Twenty-eight years in this job,” she said, checking my chart with the focused neutrality she deployed when she wanted to say something important. “The ones who care are here. The ones who don’t, calling them just gives them another chance to hurt you.”

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