Surrendering (Swans Landing)
“the nurse called, butchering the pronunciation of his last name. She looked up from the file folder, raising her eyebrows at the three of us.Sailor and I helped Callum to his feet and across the waiting room toward the door into the exam area. Other people slumped in the chairs around the waiting room, their gazes following as we moved. An old man coughed, wheezing loudly in the otherwise silent room. A little girl lay across three seats, her face pale and her breathing heavy.Callum eased himse...lf onto the examination table, his wooden leg tapping against the metal as he moved.“Doctor Hansen will be with you soon,” the nurse told us as she backed out of the door, as if she couldn’t move fast enough.Sailor sat down in the only available chair, while I leaned against the wall, my arms crossed.“I’ll be glad to get rid of this bloody thing,” Callum said, glaring down at his wooden leg. “Hopefully this doctor of yours can give me a real prosthetic.”“Doctor Hansen is the best doctor on the island,”MoreLess
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