She Told Them I Dropped Out of Medical School — Five Years Later, I Walked Into the ER as Her Attending Physician

we have.”

I heard it through the partition glass. Every word.

She’s all we have.

As if I had never existed.

I stepped into the scrub room alone.

Thirty seconds. That’s all I allowed myself.

I turned on the faucet, let the water run hot over my hands, and looked at myself in the stainless steel mirror — distorted, warped, the way everything felt right now.continue reading …