I tried to mask my surprise when I saw her ready to assist with the surgery. She was dressed as if she were prepared to perform the surgery herself. Despite having plenty to tell her, I decided to remain silent—unlike her.
"No one told me that Erin would be here as well," she said, her voice for the first time grating on my nerves. I couldn’t help but picture her with Kevin on the bed we had shared for years.
"Of course, Erin is here. How could a difficult surgery be done without her?" one of the nurses chimed in as she approached me with some documents in her hand. "She is the best, isn't she? I was happy to find her already on duty; otherwise, I would have had to call her in, even if it meant waking her up from bed." She smiled, and I smiled back, even though I was screaming inside a
