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Waiting

“Jeorjia Meslek?” the nurse in the crisp white uniform pronounced as she stepped just outside the door.

A little girl looked up at her mommy, and her mommy whispered, “That’s you.”

They stood up and went to the nurse, who held the door open with a smile that was slightly slack due to being worn too much.

The little girl and her mommy followed the white-clothed lady as she guided them through a maze of hallways with various doors open, within some there were people. Inside one room the little girl heard a baby cry.

The nurse opened a white door, and the little girl and her mother went inside the room.

“Dr. Shoulk will be with you in a little bit,” the woman tried to give an encouraging grin, but it was difficult. This poor baby was about hear news that would change the direction of her life in some way. Whether it be good or bad, it would change her.

The nurse left the room, and the little girl waited with her mommy for what felt like an hour.

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