Camelia POVHenry held my hands and led me down from the podium toward the door. I didn’t mind the muttered words trailing behind us as I walked.All I could see was what lay ahead.Reporters filled the entrance, bodies pressed together and cameras hovering everywhere.For a moment, I slowed, taking it all in.“Was all of this… really for me?”A strange feeling of being important settled in my chest. I had never imagined this….never pictured myself standing before a crowd of reporters, being the one they called out to, the one they waited for. It wasn’t something I had ever done, or even dreamed of doing.It felt unreal.Like a dream I hadn’t prepared for.“Ms. Camelia! Can we have a few words?”The voices came all at once.Henry’s hands shifted from mine to my shoulders, gently reassuring me. I drew in a quiet breath.“Just a few,” I said.“As I’ve said and as you’ve rightly heard, the negligence caused by our staff almost brought harm to an individual. That was never, and will never
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