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Salt in the Wound Ward

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"Talk about what?" Dana asked, keeping her voice low. Mara glanced at the door, then back. "Eli was about to file a report on this hospital. On me. Three patients got the wrong meds last year, and I buried it." Dana's stomach dropped. The man in the bed was a whistleblower, and her boss had just confessed.

Dana stepped back. "You killed those patients with your silence, and now you want mine." Mara flinched. "I didn't kill anyone. I made a mistake and I panicked." "And the next three patients?" Dana asked. Mara had no answer.

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Mara's face hardened. "Fine. You want to be a hero? Your sister works in billing. One word from me and her file gets a very bad audit." The threat landed cold. Dana stared at the woman she'd worked under for years and saw a stranger.

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