The Paper that Kills
He slid a medical affidavit across the desk. The paper made a soft, almost polite sound as it came to rest in front of her, the kind of sound paperwork always made when it decided the fate of someone who wasn’t in the room to object. No drama. No warning. Just a thin sheet of authority asserting itself with quiet confidence. The date at the top jumped out immediately. Fifteen months into her coma. Not random. Not late. Precise. The exact moment her life had been reclassified, from uncertain to convenient. From patient to problem. From someone who might return to someone whose absence could be managed, planned around, quietly resolved, and then celebrated. The paper didn’t look dangerous. It never did. It looked clean. Official. Reasonable. And that was what made it lethal. The ex
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