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Salt in the Wound Ward

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Dana decided she wanted no part of this. "I'm calling security," she said, reaching for the wall phone. Mara crossed the room in two steps and pressed her hand flat over it. "Please. Five minutes. Then I'll go, and you can pretend you never saw me here."

Before Mara could speak again, the door opened. A second administrator, Reyes, stepped in holding a tablet. "Mara. There you are. We need you upstairs." His eyes moved to the bed, then to the paper poking out of Mara's blazer. Mara froze.

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Reyes held out his hand. "What's that paper, Mara?" The room went silent except for the hiss of Eli's oxygen. Mara's whole story hung on her next word. She could lie to one administrator, Dana thought, but Reyes already knew about the buried reports, because he didn't look surprised at all.

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