Spring came early to Havenbrook. This was my second week here. The day I reported for work, the magnolias outside the hospital gate were already in full bloom. The white blossoms resting on the branches looked like a thin layer of snow. This transfer opportunity came up six months ago. Back then, the dean pushed the document across the desk to me and asked if I'd thought it over. Even though this was the place I'd once dreamed of, the hospital I turned down after graduating, I hesitated for a long time and told him, "I needed more time to think." What was I thinking? I was thinking about the stable life I had with him. But in the end, I finally understood. The sky was wide open for birds to fly where they would. A faded love couldn't trap me anymore. Before anything else, I had t

