"We're very sorry. We did all that we could do," I say as I watch the family of the patient erupt into tears and gasp for air.
Eli and I walk away hearing their sobs of grief penetrating my mind, my soul.
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"Hadley, are you okay?" I here him ask as close my eyes and rub my temples the moment we sit at the lunch table.
"I'm as fine as I can be, why Eli?" I ask realizing his concerns, but not willing to make him worry more.
"You don't seem so. You've been acting different since this morning when you told that family," he elaborates.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I gotta go," I say getting up from the table and walking away,
After I enter the building, young woman approaches me- the same woman I told her her son died a few hours before.
"I wanted to say thank you for doing everything you could," she hands me a card.
"We're inviting you to his wake and funeral. I hope you can be there to support his legacy and life."
"Thank you, I'll try my best to be there," I say with some tears forming from my eyes.
The young woman walks away and I feel burdened. I wonder why they had to lose a person that meant so much to them. I knew how they felt because I had lost many people before I became a doctor. I had lost most of everyone who could ever care about me- all except Eli.
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The Ways of the Heart
RomanceDr. Hadley Gramm is an Attending Surgeon at Stanford University Hospital in Stanford, California. Dr. Elijah(Eli) James is just starting work as an Attending at Stanford Hospital as well. Will their worlds collide or will they be haunted by their...
