BRENT'S POVThe word squeezed out of my lips before I could stop it.“What?!”My voice bounced off the walls of the room, but this wasn't a happy surprise. No, it was the kind of shock that made your stomach drop.My eyes widened as though something terrifying had suddenly found its way into the room.Everyone turned their attention toward us, like an audience watching actors on a stage.They moved closer, from my mother, who had come into the room a few minutes ago, to Cassandra, Joan, even Greg. The doctors were not left out. Everyone moved closer to catch a glimpse of the injection. Of the sudden discovery.Only one person remained seated in the corner of the room, close to Eli, watching everything unfolding from afar.That person was Orlena.“Oh God,” I heard my mother gasp, throwing a hand over her mouth, her voice strained with shock, the way every grandmother worries for her grandchild.“Tell me, Doctor,” she turned to the physician, who didn't seem nearly as shocked as everyon
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