“Patient 507 keeps saying something about a camellia,” Dr. Eagan says.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaCq5Ekezw
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“He’s growing camellias in the garden,” Nurse Josephine says quickly, hoping the explanation will allow Dr. Eagan to leave without giving Patient 507 and injection.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlB91JJ3wf
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“It seems he’s asking for a particular one,” the doctor says, leaning over the bed.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AgxDq09Ga
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“Oh!” Nurse Josephine says, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the pressed camellia bloom he gave her. “This one?”800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsFy9Twkxc
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“No, no,” 507 says, thrashing against his restraints. “Camellia, not a camellia.”800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPtkwDfgnJ
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Nurse Josephine thinks about him running to her in the middle of the night. In her sleepy haze, her heart fluttered like hundreds of tiny moths brushing their wings against her ribcage. He was the flame they sought. But he just kept saying he needed to find a camellia.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcjclhXWzi
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She takes a step toward the doctor and reluctantly asks, “What shall we do?”800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqS3piB7lH
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“Four hundred units of insulin,” the doctor says grimly, his back rigid as he straightens up.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZi30fnZ6he
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She fights to keep her face calm and expressionless. She nods slightly and gets the needle ready, trying to imagine him as just another nameless, faceless patient, not the man who gave her the flower.800Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIccx3ya8q
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