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So strange, she thought Everything was so dae

Before she could figure out why, she was asleep again

Tess tried to force her eyes open, but the painful throbbing behind them made it impossible She tossed uncomfortably

Soood A soft sigh of relief slipped past her parched lips

After a fewshe saas that weird floor/ceiling again

"Oh, crap," she ly fa tubes of fluorescent lighting

The cool, da on her forehead vanished A flesh-tone smear wobbled in front of her eyes She blinked, tried to focus Gradually the blur coalesced into a man's face that seemed both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time

He shoved a too long lock of black hair out of his eyes and bent closer Tired, bloodshot eyes peered questioningly into her own Stubbly, dark hair accentuated the hollowness in his cheeks and the hard, ed through her head, and she tried desperately to chase it down Somewhere she'd seen this face before

It ca Sam Ellioton a very bad day

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But why did the il by her bed for endless hours? There was no one who cared about her so much

An intern, she realized suddenly He had to be the intern assigned to her case She'd seen that ragged, haggard look before?it was a surgical intern on the tail end of a three-day round

"Amarylis?"

"No, thanks, I don't drink" The moment the words were out of herwith her voice It soundedsouthern / doan draank

"What?"