From the Theatre

"I'm 23 going 24" — Bed Number 24

18 June 2026

In the operating theatre

"I'm 23 will I live to see 24, Doc, the way things are going I don't know."

I dipped my hands into the lake of crimson in John's thorax, trying to get the source of this swelling pool of red. "Blood pressure is falling doc."

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