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Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Deadly Mold

I walked to the hospital floor. Three of my patients were there.

It was empty. And quiet. No patients anywhere. A lone nurse was sitting at the nursing station, writing.

"What happened to everyone?" I asked.

She shrugged.

"Deadly mold," she said.

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