And then, without any warning at all, his eyes filled.
“He Hasn’t Told You Anything, Has He?”
My stomach went straight through the floor.
“Told me what?”
Arnold glanced toward the nurses’ station. Two women there became suddenly, deeply absorbed in their monitors.
I tightened my grip on the handles of that lunch bag.
“Arnold.”
He swallowed.
“He’s Leaving, Chelsea”
For a second I forgot how to take a breath.
“Leaving who?“
And his whole expression changed — horror, immediately.
“No. Chelsea, no. God. I meant the hospital.“
Relief, Then Confusion
The relief hit me so hard I had to put a hand on the counter.
Then the second thing arrived.
“What are you talking about?”
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