An Unopened Medical File From a Colorado Lake House Clinic

to go down to the consultation room,” Caroline said, holding her phone tightly in her hand. “Dr. Patel wants to show us the imaging results.”

I shifted my legs, a dull ache radiating from my lower back down to my thighs. The physical pain was a constant hum, but the quiet in the hospital ward felt much louder now that my mother had left the room.