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Alive on Arrival

Chapter 8

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Nov 06, 2024
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8

Pretty Nurse comes back in.

“Well how was your visit with your cousin?” she says while full of smiles.

“He’s not my cousin and you know it,” I say. “That was Juan Juarez and he’s not very happy.”

She does that thing again where she glances out into the corridor and looks both ways. She closes the door and comes to me.

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