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021 - The Test I Never Expected

Author: Billie Patsy
last update publish date: 2026-03-04 22:15:04

SCARLETT

By the afternoon the nausea was so bad I couldn’t even keep water down.

I knelt over the toilet in the guest bathroom, dry-heaving until my ribs ached, tears streaming down my face.

When it finally passed, I sat back on my heels, shaking, and stared at the wall.

I couldn’t ignore it anymore.

I went to the hospital alone.

No driver. No Ethan. No one to hold my hand or ask questions.

Just me in a plain sweater and jeans, hair pulled back, trying to look like someone who wasn’t falling
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