Avery:
The day started like any other. Chaos from the moment I walked through the door, nurses running between rooms, IVs dripping, monitors beeping, patients calling out from every corner. But something felt different, an itch in the back of my mind. Like there was a weight hanging in the air.
I walked into the nurses’ station, barely catching a breath before my eyes landed on it. A huge vase of roses, all long stems, red petals so dark they looked almost burgundy. The bouquet was wrapped neatly with a satin midnight green and black bow.
“Nora, what the hell?” I said, teasing her even as I stepped closer to the flowers.
"You didn't tell me you had a new suitor?!" I teased, wiggling my brows.
Nora, frazzled as always, glanced over her shoulder. “What, the flowers? They're not for m
