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d through t
dmother's bed. Dr. Méndez was speaking to anoth
bue
Elena's side a
I finished t
other did n
se wak
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or Mon
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tion in her condition. W
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dy an
stood what the readings meant, but she
thing," s
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lease open
seconds, noth
na's eyel
leaned
it. Loo
. They were tired, but when she recognize
a," she
began
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ift her hand, and
ing," Aria said. "Just
other touch
n while Elena combed her hair before school. She remembered warm bread, her grandmother
ered her pa
cident and the long wa
neve
he would lose the onl
lease don't
's lip
leaned
r your hear
hook he
me that when
mother tri
hispered so
t let
voice
t?" Aria asked. "Abu
s tightened wea
ake
uld not
s slowly
away from the bed. She refused to release Elena'
gainst the wa
d held the hands of people who begged her to do som
meone to give her
turned toward her, she un
sorry,
tared
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verything
No
came out a
straightened the blanket aroun
sed me," sh
was no
he stood beside the
the table beside Elena's belongings. She wa
eached
on the outside, and beneath it wer
, when sh
the paper in
approac
the dean wants to
d toward th
n, speaking on his phone. He glanced at her, n
not appr
k whether she
oward the room where he
ched him
ng that a hospital was a place
he people running this one
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