“Patient 507 keeps saying something about a camellia,” Dr. Eagan says.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP09kzkEoCI
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“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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4xX11otGC
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“It seems he’s asking for a particular one,” the doctor says, leaning over the bed.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbHl1TZQap
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“Oh!” Nurse Josephine says, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the pressed camellia bloom he gave her. “This one?”748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHulyc59JPM
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“No, no,” 507 says, thrashing against his restraints. “Camellia, not a camellia.”748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIE6wwTqmNo
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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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YUCfyhMMi
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She takes a step toward the doctor and reluctantly asks, “What shall we do?”748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnWo7o7rnI
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“Four hundred units of insulin,” the doctor says grimly, his back rigid as he straightens up.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSSzii8lbN
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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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3rgJiYhOf
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