He looked up at Brynn, his dark eyes wild and lip trembling. “They just won’t stop,” he muttered. His eyes shifted from hers and scanned the exam room, his head bobbing from side to side as if trying to capture a phantom visitor in his field of vision, a bead of sweat trickling down his forehead. Brynn took a quiet deep breath, stepping closer to the man. Although the man was a frequent flyer to the emergency room, she needed to complete her routine assessment. “They’re everywhere. I can hear them everywhere,” he claimed, the sincerity in his voice sending a chill down Brynn’s back. As she inched forward with her stethoscope, he jumped down from the slight stretcher, towering over her. “I can’t make them stop this time! I just want them to stop,” he pleaded, his voice rising an octave.
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