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"Look," he ether, right? And I don’t want you involved in all this if you’re co silence And then Ruhn re-crossed his arrimace "I’ve always known you didn’t approve ofyour pardon?"

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"I don’t see what the proble and powerful as she could Okay, fine, so she was still in her hospital bed ires and tubing in places she would really prefer to be wire-less and tube-lacking, and she was, in fact, wearing a johnny that had little pink bouquets of flowers all over it, but daht to--

"You’re not leaving this facility" Dr Manello stood over her and smiled like he held all the cards "I’ the human, she looked down at herself…and blamed those frickin’ rosebuds that were all over her johnny Why couldn’t the hospital gowns have prints of, like, Deadpool’s mask Knives Bombs with the wicks lit Vials of poison

"No, you’re not sorry," she bitched

"You’re right, I don’t give a shit that you’re pissed off at me What I care about is your heart Now, I’ll spare you the be-a-good-little-girl speech, because I don’t want to get castrated--but do me a favor and don’t screw up all my nice knit-one-purl-two and stay where you are, ’kay"

"I feel fine"

"You passed out going to the bathrooot dizzy, that was all"

"I found you on the floor, in a heap"

"I had my IV still in"

"But not your catheter, which you had taken out yourself" He put his pal "Tell you what, I’ll award you the Patient of the Night trophy for all your efforts Congratulations, your prize is a jelly donut and a whole lot of going-absolutely-nowhere"

Novo grunted and tried to link her arms over her chest--when that caused an arrhytho off, she had to let them sulk back down to either side of her body

"I’m fine"

"No, you will be fine" Dr Manello went around and reset whatever ht or two Provided you stay put"

"FYI, I’ this establishment a really crappy Yelp review"

"I would be honored" The doctor put his hand on his heart and bowed "Thank you--oh, and your mother called"

Novo went to sit up and hissed before collapsing back "Myto reach you? She was afraid you were dead Needless to say, I told her you were breathing Didn’t en sensor clipped to your finger, but at least I was confident that I was giving her accurate information"

Novo tried to look like she didn’t care But that fucking alar off again

"What did she say? I ot hurt, right?"

"I’m not authorized to report on the condition of my patients" He leaned over to whatever was beep-beep-beep’ing and silenced things again "I inforht But you may want to call her when you feel up to it"

How’s never, on that one? "Can you give me a doctor’s note that says I don’t have to"