Theodore
“I beg your pardon?” I blink as the doctor checks my results again.
“It looks like it is something you have had since birth. Often, people with the same health condition don't find that until they have to undergo an operation in their old age, so it’s not something substantially problematic, but if not treated, and abused like in your case, it can become a problem.”
The doctor crosses his hands over my file as he looks at me with a serious expression, and I lean back. “Oh.”
Honestly, that was not my first thought when I heard ‘congenital heart defect’. But well…
As I feel my heart suddenly hurting in my chest, I pinch my shirt, rubbing my fingers against my skin. “So, what does this mean?”
“It means that I will tell your boss that you are not fit enough to be doing this
