Kevin said that, compared to other patients,
my situation wasn’t so bad. If I kept at it, I’d
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be ready to leave soon.
“Your body is stronger than you think,” he
said. “It’s been healing itself.
“All we have to do is wait.”
Because of him, I was focusing only on rehab.
The staff said I came earlier than their clock-
in time every morning.
“Ava, time to stop for the day,” the assistant
said. “Same time tomorrow, if you’re early,
just open the door yourself.”
She left.
I stayed a little longer, putting my stuff away.
“Ava,” a girl with a round face was looking at
く
- me. “You coming or what?”
That was Lily. She was Chinese, and we were
roommates.
