And now she was my patient.
So I did what I had been trained to do. I checked her IV, asked about her pain, took her vitals, scanned her medications, and kept my hands steady.
For two days, I thought I might get away with it.
Then she noticed.
I was preparing her meds when she narrowed her eyes at me.
“Wait,” she said slowly. “Do I know you?”
My stomach dropped.
“I don’t think so,” I said.
But recognition spread across her face like sunlight over something rotten.
“Oh my God,” she said, smiling. “It’s you. Library Lena.”