the recovery project [2]

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"hello?"

"is this everett brecks?"

"yes. to whom am i speaking?"

"this is the lenox hill hospital. you
are associated with fiona letkum?"

"i'm her roommate. what happened? is
she okay?"

"we're sorry that it's taken so long for us
to contact you, but about three weeks ago,
fiona was in an accident. she's all right...
physically. she suffered a concussion but
finally seems to be improving. however,
her mental state is declining."

"shit."

"with her concussion and grief, she
hallucinated that her boyfriend was
with her."

"and he wasn't...?"

"he died in the accident."

"i'll be right there. thank you for informing
me."