On the morning of the exam, Madison showed up earlier than anyone else.
When Louisa walked into the locker room to change into her scrubs, Madison turned around, buttoning up her nurse uniform from bottom to top without looking back.
The exam room was set up in the small meeting room on the third floor. Two examiners from the city medical center had arrived—a man and a woman, completely expressionless, with a stack of grading sheets on the table. The written exam papers were handed out first.
Madison got her paper, flipped through it, and relaxed a bit. She'd been working at this clinic for five years, so she had seen these questions before.
Louisa got her paper, put her head down, and started writing without missing a beat.
Papers were collected forty minutes later.
The practical ex
