Valerie Came Home From Deployment to Find Her Twelve-Year-Old Daughter in Intensive Care
“It’s only a question.
People ask questions.”
I was already walking.
Dr.
Ortega had the chart open in the consultation room at a quarter past seven, his reading glasses off and folded on the table.
I set the summary in front of him and put my finger on the time.
“Ten forty-three.
She came through your doors at eleven sixteen.