Holding the Line - The Pitt
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Ellie Robinavitch grew up in the emergency room-doing homework at the nurses' station, learning which alarms mattered, and watching her dad hold the chaos together like it was second nature.
She thought he was untouchable.
But over time, something started to shift.
Not enough to name. Not enough to stop. Just small moments-missed sleep, shorter answers, a heaviness that seemed to follow him home.
The kind of unraveling that happens quietly.
The kind you don't realize you're watching until you're already in the middle of it.
Now, as Ellie is pulled deeper into the world she thought she understood, she's left trying to figure out where the line is-
between holding it together...
and losing yourself completely.
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