“Patient 507 keeps saying something about a camellia,” Dr. Eagan says.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBP3UqG4ur7
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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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWbTu0dez4
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“It seems he’s asking for a particular one,” the doctor says, leaning over the bed.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMSb7B96dE
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“Oh!” Nurse Josephine says, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the pressed camellia bloom he gave her. “This one?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsVLCE5qBA
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“No, no,” 507 says, thrashing against his restraints. “Camellia, not a camellia.”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGMrXTaiRR
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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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fXg1zPYeI
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She takes a step toward the doctor and reluctantly asks, “What shall we do?”751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQeR8e9bZQ
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“Four hundred units of insulin,” the doctor says grimly, his back rigid as he straightens up.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgkejiUEf4
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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.751Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUjKGcl8L3
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