All Flowers Wilt

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"Where grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates

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"Where grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates."
Samuel Johnson

"Samuel Johnson

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"I don't know what you want from me, Andy

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"I don't know what you want from me, Andy. You're never here and I'm so tired of going to sleep alone...."

"I want you to try Ryan, you know I can't change how I am with work. I just need a little effort..."

"I can't when you don't even care.."

"I never said I didn't care!"

"But you don't!"

"Neither do you!"

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"Dr. Fowler, you are needed on floor one." I take a deep breath already on my way to help with the urgent care patients. The day went the same as usual, start the day on the fifth floor in the ICU working with patients that might take their last breath. A mid-day detour down to floor three with babies, and finally ending the night on walk-ins.

I hadn't decided which path I wanted to be on completely, I had the requirements for all of them. All the apprenticeships were open for me to take, I just couldn't seem to decide.

"Who was here first?" I ask the receptionist holding almost a hundred files.

"The top sir, she's a little girl that hurt her wrist," she said handing me the top five files. "Pretty sure it's a hairline fracture."

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