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door,  pushes  it  with  all  her  might,  the





                  steel no match for her resolve. It’s cold





                  outside, the middle of winter always is.





                  The  coat  she  snagged  from  one  of  the





                  nurse's lockers in the changing room does





                  nothing to warm her. It is dark, the kind





                  of  dense  blackness  of  a  starless  night.





                  The wind howls around her, shouting at






                  her for what she's doing, accusing her of




                  the vilest of things. Her feet ache from






                  the  cold  of  the  concrete,  but  it  doesn't
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