“Patient 507 keeps saying something about a camellia,” Dr. Eagan says.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XfvKFxbdw
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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.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgqOAMHWxC
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“It seems he’s asking for a particular one,” the doctor says, leaning over the bed.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf9JyWpvhS
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“Oh!” Nurse Josephine says, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the pressed camellia bloom he gave her. “This one?”731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43Ss54Wrog
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“No, no,” 507 says, thrashing against his restraints. “Camellia, not a camellia.”731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRvfMStgBn
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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.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2vb7RUUX9
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She takes a step toward the doctor and reluctantly asks, “What shall we do?”731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFT7RZxbosq
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“Four hundred units of insulin,” the doctor says grimly, his back rigid as he straightens up.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGupwTyLqO
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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.731Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVI1qXQ7NA
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