“Patient 507 keeps saying something about a camellia,” Dr. Eagan says.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DsfKQh1Vp
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznbMzfbyuC
“He’s growing camellias in the garden,” Nurse Josephine says quickly, hoping the explanation will allow Dr. Eagan to leave without giving Patient 507 and injection.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduiJedbHsO
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18p6NL2tCT
“It seems he’s asking for a particular one,” the doctor says, leaning over the bed.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDc6vNiEeUf
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8s38pTe8m
“Oh!” Nurse Josephine says, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the pressed camellia bloom he gave her. “This one?”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcho8EycUK1
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDT6y6euJ1
“No, no,” 507 says, thrashing against his restraints. “Camellia, not a camellia.”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5q6jof2hzc
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOVHZNtvlW
Nurse Josephine thinks about him running to her in the middle of the night. In her sleepy haze, her heart fluttered like hundreds of tiny moths brushing their wings against her ribcage. He was the flame they sought. But he just kept saying he needed to find a camellia.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1dXcenSKu
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmZBbRObQt1
She takes a step toward the doctor and reluctantly asks, “What shall we do?”665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCunbIBQb34
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZIFC0v4JC
“Four hundred units of insulin,” the doctor says grimly, his back rigid as he straightens up.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkviDIStPvd
665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4C10P1She
She fights to keep her face calm and expressionless. She nods slightly and gets the needle ready, trying to imagine him as just another nameless, faceless patient, not the man who gave her the flower.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkInj3j4vj
Penana
search
Loginarrow_drop_down
Registerarrow_drop_down
