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day 1: hospital

the doctors and nurses were out of sight. sam went back to straightening her dollar and inserted it into the soda machine. the machine whirred and paused a moment, thinking, before spitting the dollar bill back out. she tried straightening it a little more and reinserted it into the machine. again it whirred and took a little time thinking before spitting the dollar out. a growl of frustration rose through sam's throat, and it took two more tries before the machine finally accepted her dollar. she got her cola and began the long trek back upstairs.

it took her twice as long as it should have, because she hadn't paid attention to what room her aunt was in. she returned to find out that she hadn't missed a thing.

her father and aunt were still droning on, and her mother was still standing away from them looking bored.

yeah, this promises to be fun, sam thought, rolling her eyes and taking a drink of her cola.

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