Chapter 266

Waking up with a headache that felt like a marching band was playing in her skull, Leanne dragged herself out of bed, took a shower, and got dressed for work.

While sitting in her clinic, she occasionally massaged her temples and swallowed a painkiller, which only slightly eased the discomfort.

By noon, after a morning of back-to-back patients, she stepped out of her office just in time to hear the receptionist, buzzing with excitement about some snow. Leanne paid it no mind.

Heading to the cafeteria to grab lunch, she bumped into Selina, who seemed to have just snapped out of a daze.

Both she and Joy had partied too hard the previous night. Joy was so exhausted she couldn’t stop yawning.

“Surviving a night out and then working the next day. What a curse!” she lamented.

“Why don’t you sneak in a nap?” Leanne suggested.

Ms. Turner didn’t quite grasp the survival tactics of the working dead. Joy, unabashed, retorted, “With my stunning looks, the boss keeps an eye on me all the time. No chance for naps.”

Then, turning to Leanne, she asked, “When did you leave last night?”

“I’m drawing a blank.”

Leanne genuinely had no recollection of how she got home. That bottle of whiskey wa small, but mighty.

the ones who brought me home?”

cold and woke up

out on the floor, and that idiot didn’t even bother to cover us with a blanket. I almost caught

hint of jealousy in her voice. “Special

passed out early,” Leanne

was notorious for outlasting them all. By the end of the night, he probably didn’t even know his name, let alone be in any state to take

brief chat, Leanne excused herself, only to be intercepted by Amy, bursting with excitement. “Did you see the

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she had picked

gag. After

her soup, Leanne replied nonchalantly, “You’re finally hallucinating from overwork. There’s been no

snow!

Amy insisted, grabbing her

Yellow forsythias were blooming along the walls, and the rose bushes were flaunting their first buds.

season, the sight of a large snowman in the hospital courtyard was utterly

glances. Initially, Leanne thought it might be a fake, part of some atmospheric decor, but their

the point

she was surprised to find it

all curiosity. “Who in the world put it here? Where did they find snow this

have no idea.”

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