Hospital.

Charlotte was making her usual rounds through the inpatient wing, jotting down notes on her patients, when a nurse approached her and

whispered, “Dr. Sterling, the patient in Room 36 is refusing to listen. He’s insisted on hobbling out with his cane to visit his wife in another department.”

Charlotte paused, pen hovering over the chart. Room 36–that was Stevenson, wasn’t it?

“His wife’s here too?”

“I think so. She’s in orthopedics.”

Charlotte closed her notebook and offered the nurse a reassuring smile. “I’ll bring him back in a bit.”

“Thank you, Dr. Sterling.”

At the nurses‘ station, Charlotte picked up the phone and called the orthopedics department to find out which room Candida was in, then headed across the corridor.

The nurse in orthopedics explained that Candida had fallen down the stairs, suffering a shattered left foot and a dislocated pelvis. She’d been brought in by ambulance–alone.

It was likely Candida herself had contacted Stevenson.

Charlotte reached the room and lifted her hand to knock, but paused when she heard Candida’s muffled sobs from inside. “I carried my daughter for nine months–how could she suddenly belong to someone else? How could something like this happen?”

Stevenson’s voice sounded worn, exhausted. “This… this is my fault…”

Charlotte pushed open the door.

quickly dropped

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room without permission. If administration finds out, your insurance won’t cover the cost,” Charlotte reminded him gently, though her

up, “I was the one who called him over, Dr. Sterling. I’ll send him back

me ten more minutes. I promise I’ll go back afterward. If anything

her eyes turned red as

hold back tears.

was silent for a moment. “Just this once. Don’t let it

again.”

Sterling!” The Donovans‘ gratitude

could walk away, Candida called after her, “What’s the story with that

anyway?”

steps back,

picked it up. It looked valuable–gold coins and all–so I held onto it: Later, I showed it to a friend from the

about it.”

to find it, or that those coins would turn out

Charlotte stood still, stunned.

wrist. She’d once had

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