I didn’t see my parents during the entire hospital stay.Not once.The days blurred into a haze of white walls, until the day came for my discharge.The doctor came in one last time, chart in hand, and told me I needed lots of rest, telling me to subject myself to any heavy lifting, or sudden movements for at least the next few weeks while my ribs finished knitting back together. Then she handed me a thick folder of prescriptions, follow-up appointments, and a referral to a reproductive specialist I already knew I wouldn’t use. I nodded through it all, the words sliding over me like water. When she left, Mr. Harlan was already waiting in the hallway.He stood there in his usual crisp black suit, hands clasped in front of him, face carefully blank. “Your parents sent me to bring you home, Miss Lila.”Home.I let the nurse help me into the wheelchair, Peanuts trotting beside us with his leash clipped to my wrist, and I was rolled out of the hospital like a piece of luggage being retur
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