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Maya put the phone on speaker and walked through the corridor that led away from the ICU. Her fingers traced the rails as if the cool metal could steady the tremble in her chest. She found a bench beneath a poster advocating organ donation and sat until the message ended. The rain tapered off and a shard of sun struck the sidewalk in a sloppy rectangle. She thought of the way Jonas used to whistle absentmindedly while he cut vegetables, the small ritual that had felt like promise.

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