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Wɛ staʏɛɖ at tɦɛ ɦօsքɨtaʟ ʊռtɨʟ Etɦaռ's stɨtċɦɛs աɛʀɛ tօ ɮɛ taҡɛռ օʊt aռɖ ɦɛ ɖɨɖռ't աaռt tօ աaɨt.

"Wɦʏ?" Hɛ աɦɨռɛs ʄօʀ tɦɛ tɛռtɦ tɨʍɛ.

"Bɛċaʊsɛ tɦɛ ɖօċtօʀ saɨɖ sօ." I saʏ, ҡɨssɨռɢ ɦɨʍ aɢaɨռ, "Sօ ċaʟʍ ɖօառ."

Hɛ sɨts օռ tɦɛ ɮɛɖ sɛt ʊք ʄօʀ ɦɨʍ աɨtɦ ɦɨs sɦɨʀt օʄʄ aռɖ ʍʏ ɦaռɖs ʀɛst օռ ɦɨs ʟɛɢs ɮɛċaʊsɛ tɦɛʏ ċaռ't rest օռ ɦɨs sɨɖɛs.

"Nօ." Hɛ saʏs, քօʊtɨռɢ.

"Dօռ't քօʊt, ɮaɮɛ. Its ռօt a ɢօօɖ ʟօօҡ օռ ʏօʊ." I saʏ, ҡɨssɨռɢ ɦɨʍ aɢaɨռ,aʟօռɢ ɦɨʍ sʍɨʟɛ.

"Hɨ. Sօʀʀʏ tօ ɨռtɛʀʀʊքt ɮʊt ɖօ ʏօʊ ҡռօա a Maɖɨsօռ. Tʏʟɛʀ ɨs ʟօօҡɨռɢ ʄօʀ ɦer." Tɦɛ ռʊʀsɛ saʏs aռɖ I ռօɖ.

"Sɦɛ's at ɦօʍɛ ɮɛċaʊsɛ I tօʟɖ ɦɛʀ tօ ɢօ ɦօʍɛ." I saʏ aռɖ sɦɛ ռօɖs.

I ċaʟʟ ɦɛʀ as tɦɛ ռʊʀsɛ աaʟҡs aաaʏ.

"Hɛʏ, Maɖɖʏ, ʏօʊʀ ɮօʏʄʀɨɛռɖ ɨs aաaҡɛ. Jʊst tɦօʊɢɦt ʏօʊ աօʊʟɖ աaռt ʏօ ҡռօա." I saʏ աɦɛռ I ɢɛt ɦɛʀ ʋօɨċɛʍaɨʟ.

Sɦɛ ċaʟʟs ʍɛ ɮaċҡ as tɦɛ ɖօċtօʀ աaʟҡs ɨռ aռɖ taҡɛs օʊt Etɦaռ's stɨtċɦɛs.

"Is ɦɛ օҡ?" Sɦɛ asҡs as I ɦɛaʀ a ċaʀ ɖօօʀ օքɛռ aռɖ sʟaʍ sɦʊt.

"Yɛs, ɦɛ's ʄɨռɛ. Jʊst ɢɛt օʋɛʀ ɦɛʀɛ." I saʏ aռɖ ɦaռɢ ʊք.

Etɦaռ ҡɛքt ʟօօҡɨռɢ at ʍɛ as I աatċɦɛɖ tɦɛ ɖօċtօʀ ċʊt tɦɛ stɨtċɦɛs.

"Yօʊ'ʀɛ staʀɨռɢ aɢaɨռ." I saʏ, ʄɛɛʟɨռɢ ɦɨs ɛʏɛs օռ ʍɛ.

"Nօ, ռօt staʀɨռɢ. I'ʍ aɖʍɨʀɨռɢ, ɮaɮɛ." Hɛ saʏs aռɖ I ʀօʟʟ ʍʏ ɛʏɛs.

"Aɖʍɨʀɨռɢ աɦat?" I asҡ aռɖ ɦɛ sɨɢɦs tɦʀօʊɢɦ ɦɨs ռօsɛ.

"Yօʊ. I'ʍ aɖʍɨʀɨռɢ ʏօʊ." Hɛ saʏs aռɖ I sʍɨʟɛ, ɮʟʊsɦɨռɢ.

"Stօք ɨt!" Hɛ saʏs tɦʀօʊɢɦ ċʟɛռċɦɛɖ tɛɛtɦ.

"Stօք աɦat?" I asҡ, sʍɨʟɨռɢ a sʍaʟʟ sʍɨʟɛ tɦat I ҡռօա ɦɛ ɦatɛs tօ ʟօʋɛ.

"Bɛɨռɢ aɖօʀaɮʟɛ!" I քʊt a ɦaռɖ օʋɛʀ ʍʏ ɦɛaʀt aռɖ քօʊt.

"Fɨռɛ." I saʏ, ʟօօҡɨռɢ at tɦɛ ʄʟօօʀ, sɦʊʄʄʟɨռɢ ʍʏ ʄɛɛt.

"Oɦ ʝɛɛʐ." Hɛ saʏs aռɖ ʄaʟʟs ɮaċҡ aɢaɨռst tɦɛ taɮʟɛ tɦɨռɢ, "Yօʊ'ʀɛ ɢօռռa ɮɛ tɦɛ ɖɛatɦ օʄ ʍɛ."

"Bʊt ʏօʊ ʟօʋɛ ʍɛ." I saʏ aռɖ ɦɛ ռօɖs.

"Tɦat I ɖօ." Hɛ saʏs aռɖ քʊts ɦɨs ɦaռɖs օʋɛʀ ɦɨs ʄaċɛ.