20.9. Injury

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[Simultaneous to THIS]Ali kept a hold of Andrew’s hand as she used his cell phone to look for his cousin’s number. She found it and hit the call button, exhaling slowly as she listened to wait for him to pick up. Andrew was asleep on the narrow hospital gurney, the ER bustling noisily around them beyond the thin ( Read more... )

10.1.2. “Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.” - Dr Thomas Fuller

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[Follows THIS, THIS, THIS and THIS]Luke sat down in the hospital waiting room beside Ali and offered her a disposable cup of coffee. “It’s from the machine, but better than nothing?” he said ( Read more... )

9.1.5. “Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” - Mark Twain

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[Follows THIS, THIS and THIS]Was it possible that giving birth gave one Agoraphobia? Since stepping out of the main entrance of the apartment block on the Upper East Side, Ali had felt nothing but ( Read more... )