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day 8: hospital

sam stood there another minute, trying to compose herself. there had to be a doctor somewhere in the hospital. there had to be. and she would find him.

she walked out of the storage room and back into the hallway. she was worried and knew she was running out of time.

"hello? is anybody here?" she called out, her voice almost deafening in the silent confines of the hospital.

walking down the hallway, she received no answer. she kept calling out as she searched the rooms, hoping her voice would reach someone. but no matter how much she called out, there was no answer.

sam rushed up the stairs. she peered into each room she passed by, trying to get through the second floor quickly. her voice permeated every room, but there was no movement, no answer.

sam ran up to the third floor. she ran through the hallways and paused at each room, but she got the same results as on the previous two floors. by the time she got through the third floor, she knew she'd already wasted too much time.

"shit!" she cried out, banging her fist into the wall in frustration.

she rushed back down to the entrance. if she couldn't find a doctor here, she'd look at a different hospital. there had to be another one not too far away. it was a city, there should be hospitals everywhere. maybe what happened at this one was an anomaly.

sam was just exiting the hospital and rushing towards her car when she suddenly stopped in her tracks. her lip trembling, she took an uncertain step forward.

"mommy?"

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