"If it hurts enough, something in you dies."I turned to leave, but Talia spoke again."I found out afterward," she said. "On the day your mother died, you called me thirteen times."I stopped.The memories came rushing back: the harsh smell of antiseptic, the hospital corridor, my phone pressed to my ear, one unanswered call after another.Eventually she'd sent one short message.Busy. Stop it.I'd sat there gripping my phone and crying until I could barely breathe."I was with Mrs. Delorme that day," Talia said, her voice breaking. "She'd just finished some tests. Bastien was terrified. I figured you had other doctors there, so it would be fine. I thought...""Don't."My throat tightened."Talia. Every one of your 'I thought's was a gamble with my mother's life and mine."She went white.I didn't look at her again."Don't bring up my mother. You've lost the right."This time I walked away without turning around.I later heard that Talia sat alone in her car until dark
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