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She walks in the doors of the bakery she works at, late for work. "Nice of you to finally show up." Her boss says, standing at the register. 103Please respect copyright.PENANArGI3cJY9fY
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"Karl, I'm sorry-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAXnazbSUg9M
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"Payton, it's okay." He laughs. "The subway was running late, I know you get it as you live half an hour from here. I checked the website."103Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9H872gG9y
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She stands there not saything anything. "You okay? You look sick."103Please respect copyright.PENANAZHKrE7AhcV
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"I'm fine." She responds, pushing past him.103Please respect copyright.PENANAnc32gKhRQ8
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"Uh, okay. Get your apron, Payton. Your co-workers started without you."103Please respect copyright.PENANA1AxvSxMic0
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He takes a seat at the register looking down. Payton heads out the back, pulling on her apron. Her co-workers have theirs on already and are pulling loafs of bread and pastries fresh out the oven. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAV4ePX0OfAp
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"You're late." Zeke says harshly. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAvBcIlXAd2h
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"I know, I'm sorry. The train was-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAL3NUMQgXhI
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"Don't care, just get up here. Karl doesn't pay us to stand around." 103Please respect copyright.PENANA3vPEjw7qvq
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"Okay."103Please respect copyright.PENANAkcyHtka4xq
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And she helps them out. When today's stock is taken upfront and displayed, she heads back out the back, flinging her backpack on the hook her apron was hanging on before. She turns to walk away and heads back to her backpack, opening it and pulls out an orange pill bottle with her name on it. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAiGFgha3bSv
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She opens the lid, four tablets falling out and gulps them down. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAEPTCLizNTx
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"Payton?"103Please respect copyright.PENANAN713Xt7Yu3
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She turns around, dropping the medication back into it her backpack, not noticing her mobile phone slide out and underneath a table.103Please respect copyright.PENANAGosdomJgF6
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"Karl-"103Please respect copyright.PENANALWQCMtHsUr
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When yelling from up the front interrupts. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAxa5PwAD6Pz
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"Bring my Dad out here now!"103Please respect copyright.PENANAakyRTOnbdA
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Karl turns back around to head back upfront, Payton running up beside him still holding her backpack. He places his hand on her back. "It's alright, it's just one of my sons."103Please respect copyright.PENANAm2CUPYrJZK
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He leads her to the register. "Joel, what is it? You don't have to yell at my employees."103Please respect copyright.PENANA2pDMqOhk3C
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They get into a mild argument over finances, the bakery and joint cafe business Karl owns and Karl's health. Payton tries to walk away, but Karl pulls her back, pushing her to sit. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAN1j5iVLYVz
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"Payton, stay here." He tells her. She doesn't say anything, scared of his sons yelling. Karl can see that and tries to put an end to it. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAAJmCRWTlJj
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"Joel, leave. You're scaring my employees and there will customers arriving shortly. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAjHFwFOlFsc
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We can talk about this at the end of the day, 5:30 p.m."103Please respect copyright.PENANAzBtNV9wSpy
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"But I want to talk about it now."103Please respect copyright.PENANAtvXDLlMuRt
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"My heart is fine."103Please respect copyright.PENANAsmgb8E2UPN
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"Karl? You're heart?" Payton whispers. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAbrYuSIvjfz
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"My heart is fine, Payton." Karl tells her, placing a hand on her shoulder when the bells rings, the door opening and someone coming in.103Please respect copyright.PENANAh0jhCkNPTO
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"Welcome to Crest Port's Bakery and Cafe-" Karl says, blood splattering when the patron sinks his teeth into his son, ripping out chunks of flesh.103Please respect copyright.PENANATE5D6XYTPl
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"Joel!" He yells, raising his walking stick and Jack walks out from the back, the patron rushing it and throwing him against the wall. Jack tries to push the patron, but it does nothing, Jack being torn apart. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAPcUIGzSwwY
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"Angelina, Cassidy, Zeke, out the back exit now!" Karl yells out and he and Payton hear the back door fly open. "Payton, go!" Karl yells at her, pushing her and she leaps over the register, running out the front door while Karl walks up the patron, aiming his walking stick and with swift whack, it pierces the patrons head.103Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ou19CPEgy
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Karl then staggers out the front door after her. "Payton? Payton!" He calls, looking around for her, the streets having become chaos. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAngdzXguWhn
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He sees her just up ahead, the road blocked by cars. "Payton!" He yells, staggering after her. "Karl!" She says terrified, turning back to look at him, her backpack on her back. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAioZdFjd5mQ
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She runs up to him, gently helping him to walk. "The road is blocked, we need to find another way. I don't know where to go, what is happening?! Your son, that person-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAG6Tf3ejBL3
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She's struggling to find the words to speak when Karl's expression changes, him clutching his chest. "Karl!" She creams, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAxidh58NfcN
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"P-Payton-" He chokes out. "Sorry, sorry, I'm sorry!" She profusely appolgizes when she looks up and sees a person standing behind Karl. There is a blank expression on their face, their shuffling towards him and Payton, arms outstretched and eyes looking glazed over. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAxV82qldFIx
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She forces Karl to take a step back, his not able to speak now. "Karl!" She yells, slapping the side of his face. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAEwGxoHQmp7
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He starts to pass out and she falls to the ground, catching him and his lying in her arms, arms flailing around wildly gripping his chest and looks at Payton, face terrified when they hear the cracking sound of wood and the person falls over, a boy who couldn't be any older than 10-12 years old holding a now snapped in half skateboard. "Are you okay?" 103Please respect copyright.PENANAWnY3WXAg41
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The boy asks. Payton doesn't say anything. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAcyn2fHHcqi
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"Uh, I'm Benji. Is he okay?" 103Please respect copyright.PENANAwIXyT0PyOc
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"I don't know." Payton finally speaks when they hear sirens and see red and blue lights, a veichle pulling up behind them with the bright sunlight behind it. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAWud913eTRq
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Benji runs to stand beside Payton, gripping her arm. Two firetrucks, one police car.103Please respect copyright.PENANAb3hKtkqm2Q
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The first responders step out. "Are you all okay?" One of the firefighters ask. Karl is still clutching his chest, his eyes closing. 103Please respect copyright.PENANABUH2iq17yx
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"Is he bitten?" The police officer asks. "Are either of you bitten?"103Please respect copyright.PENANAbqXVllMNbL
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"Bitten? What do you mean, bitten?!" Payton yells back. 103Please respect copyright.PENANA3LzldXyPMp
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"No! We're not!" Benji yells out. "Okay, okay. Can you pass him to me?" The officer asks, taking Karl from Payton. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAKDyYLiRMWR
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"Please look after him! His my boss, his the only family I have left!" She begs. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAVBMMbTL9dk
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The officer nods. "Sure, of course."103Please respect copyright.PENANAMcnWGcHOcu
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"Can you and the boy come with us?" One of the firefighters ask, gently taking Payton's arms, but she pulls away while the boy goes with the other firefighter. "I don't have any yellow bands left." Says the other firefighter. "You?"103Please respect copyright.PENANA0rnTrtCsSc
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"None." Responds the officer trying to apprehend, Payton. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAfbpsImetmX
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"I'm not going with you! I need to go with Karl, I need to know his okay!"103Please respect copyright.PENANAK8QDlPpjuq
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"Officer Markus will be taking him to the Hospital. We'd like to take you and the boy there too, I can't leave you out here, honey in the middle of-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAtpz9ysDgt9
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"Don't call me, honey!" She yells, them feeling very tired and hits the ground. He helps her up, carrying her towards the Firetruck, her struggling to escape his grip and eventually head leaning back, a yawn escaping to the Fire Fighters concern.103Please respect copyright.PENANADw2BsbuzVv
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"Payton?" 103Please respect copyright.PENANA3hLHqu3uzT
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Payton jolts awake, a hospital room in her field of vision. She sits up, seeing a green band on her arm. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAc93Hb3axVP
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"Uh, your blood tests came back. Dr Holly wants to discuss them with you in a bit. Are you hungry or anything? It's almost 12."103Please respect copyright.PENANA3tnCKdfffh
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She sees it's Tom. 103Please respect copyright.PENANALFyHwsY8py
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"Get out."103Please respect copyright.PENANAWyLorejN3b
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"I'm sorry?"103Please respect copyright.PENANA99uszw474P
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"I said get out!" She screams, picking up a pillow and hurling it at the door. Tom runs out, pulling it closed behind him. She jumps off the bed, running to the door madly pulling on the door, the handle not budging. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAEJppll3VV0
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She picks up the pillow, throwing it to the other side of the room and pounds on the door, throwing her body at it before sinking down and crying.103Please respect copyright.PENANAk8FzohDmeT
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Tom is standing outside the door, back to it and gasping heavily. "You okay?" One of the nurses ask. 103Please respect copyright.PENANA1KCrG024BG
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"I'm fine, Tilly. Uh, w-where's Dr Holly for consult?" 103Please respect copyright.PENANA7dyGOG7spR
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"Coming our way now." Tilly smiles, going back to sifting through papers. 103Please respect copyright.PENANARRbQeNHthk
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"Holly."103Please respect copyright.PENANAqnBr39oNHy
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"Tom."103Please respect copyright.PENANAUsA5fvHqSo
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"Your patient just threw her pillow at me. She's uh, quiet upset."103Please respect copyright.PENANA7p7mEwWNSS
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"I'm sorry, Tom."103Please respect copyright.PENANAY7gyAJiTY6
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"Holly, she can't do that again. That plus her previous actions, her hold will become a 72 hold or longer. We might not be able to move her out of here anytime soon, this zombie situation could become much worse quickly. 103Please respect copyright.PENANANlrpCTtHGN
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And being stuck in a room in an ER will not help her."103Please respect copyright.PENANAUnCkqXbu9R
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She sighs. "You're right. I'll make some calls to the hospital I normally work at, see if they have a bed and we can transfer her."103Please respect copyright.PENANAYbYrv9XVql
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"Do you want to go in and talk her now? Her blood results and everything. Maybe give her something to calm her down."103Please respect copyright.PENANAajGGd5QtFo
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"Drugging her continously won't help, Tom."103Please respect copyright.PENANAbys2plXMaX
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"We don't have alot of options, Holly. It's that or we restrain her."103Please respect copyright.PENANATQDu7az82U
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"I'm not going to do that to her!"103Please respect copyright.PENANAuLoio0J67a
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"If you won't, then I will! I'll go and speak to the head of the Hospital."103Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ3IxQJWMG
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"Tom! His really busy!"103Please respect copyright.PENANAhObSVYc3A6
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"Holly, just go see your patient. Don't stand here arguing with me." He pushes past her. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAdXXInwRy4u
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"Dick." She whispers, heading to Payton's room. She opens the door, going in.103Please respect copyright.PENANASMUPtLZ9KP
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Payton's sitting on the floor on the other side of the room. 103Please respect copyright.PENANACpYKcukkAf
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"Hello, Payton. How are you feeling?"103Please respect copyright.PENANAq84Su3exgJ
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She looks up at Holly, face tear strained. "I hate you."103Please respect copyright.PENANAMG855qrctU
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"That's okay, you don't have to like us right now, Payton."103Please respect copyright.PENANAzutOauOZjx
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"I can't tear the stupid pillow, or the blanket. Everything is safety proof in here."103Please respect copyright.PENANAEsc9YRtPj6
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"This one of our mental health holding rooms."103Please respect copyright.PENANAZS3YReHuYs
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"I want to leave."103Please respect copyright.PENANA7nxPShzYJ5
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"You are a hold. I explained that to you earlier-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAfpN1N8ZerE
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"Then I want to call a lawyer, I want to make a 2nd phone call."103Please respect copyright.PENANATteZv95oDB
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"Uh, you can call one. But they might not be able to do anything for you right now."103Please respect copyright.PENANA4W8G9QtlJK
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"You don't know that."103Please respect copyright.PENANANr4XJDOTG4
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"Payton, do you remember what happened in the waiting room?"103Please respect copyright.PENANAGCtjZkWcRQ
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"Yes, and I remember how I got here. Karl's dead, they we're pumping on his chest when I left. He was having chest pain when I tried to help him, a-a person staggered into the bakery and mauled-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAyD6eF4umK0
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She breaks down crying. "It's okay, just let it happen." Holly tells her.
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"I'm not... really sure, Payton. I don't know much more than you, sorry." 103Please respect copyright.PENANASg8sf5nyke
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She takes a seat beside Payton. "And I'm sorry about Karl. I didn't know. He was unconscious when he was bought in, no I.D and you we're... overdosing."103Please respect copyright.PENANAe8YCFsrik7
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She doesn't say anything. "Is there anything I can do for you, Payton that would be helpful? Someone I can call for you, a friend, someone you are seeing romantically...? Do you want some food? It's almost lunchtime."103Please respect copyright.PENANA5Pq4SmF8nw
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"I'm not hungry, and I have no one else. Karl's dead and my co-workers hate me. Jack was mauled inside the bakery.103Please respect copyright.PENANAquoGkgtBfZ
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Angelina, Cassidy, Zeke. I don't know where they are, whatever. Anyway, they hate me."103Please respect copyright.PENANAyhlCLVVbnR
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"Do you know that for sure? Is it a fact or-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAaXrKGDZpnL
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"I want to you to leave, Holly."103Please respect copyright.PENANAtmQibfuCsX
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"I want to give you space, but Payton, we do really need to talk first. You attacked one of the patients in the waiting room first."103Please respect copyright.PENANAU4hY1L78i1
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"Shit, I remember that. I'm sorry."103Please respect copyright.PENANAoOaD91Tzxo
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"You need to tell that to him."103Please respect copyright.PENANAGt27SuJK9o
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"I'll think about it."103Please respect copyright.PENANAbEiFpNFbGl
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"Uh, okay. Your blood tests came back."103Please respect copyright.PENANAvhbqvcV3We
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"I had a blood test?"103Please respect copyright.PENANAl4HL4eFNhU
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"We... did it after we pumped your stomach. You we're still kinda unconscious then..."103Please respect copyright.PENANA9WsKeFpfO8
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"Oh...did it show anything in particular?"103Please respect copyright.PENANA9bsrMzNT69
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Holly removes her mask. "You've been cleared, you're not infected. The green band on your wrist."103Please respect copyright.PENANAkOg41CvFCM
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Payton doesn't respond. "I'll give you time alone now. But Payton, you can't throw things at us and we don't want you to hurt yourself either. 103Please respect copyright.PENANA27doB6hvbU
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If you do either of those again, we'll be forced to maybe adminster medication and maybe even restrain you-"103Please respect copyright.PENANAZUfYOLFPUz
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"Get out!"103Please respect copyright.PENANAIvoHFuYKEG
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"I'm sorry." And Holly stands up, leaving the room, the lock engaging. "How'd it go?" Tom asks, standing outside the room. 103Please respect copyright.PENANAHwhEriepbm
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"As badly as it could have gone, Tom. There's nothing that can be done for her right now. I'm going to go check on Reed's patient, Gabriel Foster and make some more calls seeing if I can find Payton a permanant bed."103Please respect copyright.PENANAUf8VOnZY72
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"Did you hear? His actually a celebrity. He had a show scheduled for 7 p.m."103Please respect copyright.PENANAlO0B9su1c6
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"No, and I don't care that his a celebrity. He gets the same treatment from me. I'm here to be their doctor, not their friend.103Please respect copyright.PENANAtqXlzlllGX
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As much as I want to be friendly and have sympathy, you said it yourself. Payton throws something again or even harms herself, she gets medicated and restrained." Holly tells him, walking off down the hall when her phone rings.103Please respect copyright.PENANA28SsTcM7z5
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She answers it. "Hey, Sony, baby. How is it downstairs?" She says as she looks back at Tom standing alone in the hallway of the ER.103Please respect copyright.PENANACAW2wV44G1