PART-2: THE TEST RESULTS NO ONE EXPECTED The emergency room felt strangely quiet after midnight. Machines beeped steadily. Nurses hurried from room to room. Outside Sophie’s door, I sat beside Ruby with two untouched cups of coffee growing colder by the minute. – N-T-N-E-W-S-9-9-9

PART-2: THE TEST RESULTS NO ONE EXPECTED The emergency room felt strangely quiet after midnight. Machines beeped steadily. Nurses hurried from room to room. Outside Sophie’s door, I sat beside Ruby with two untouched cups of coffee growing colder by the minute.

Neither of us could bring ourselves to drink them. Ruby stared at the floor. “I should have protected her.” I gently reached for her hand. “No.” “You were a child … Continue reading PART-2: THE TEST RESULTS NO ONE EXPECTED The emergency room felt strangely quiet after midnight. Machines beeped steadily. Nurses hurried from room to room. Outside Sophie’s door, I sat beside Ruby with two untouched cups of coffee growing colder by the minute.