An Unopened Medical File From a Colorado Lake House Clinic

of the metal table, water pooling around the broken stems. I lay back against the stiff hospital pillow, my hands flat on the white sheet.

Caroline, my aunt by marriage, looked down at the mess on the floor and did not call the nurse to clean it. She simply stepped over the damp petals and stood by the side of my bed, her face unusually pale.

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