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9:00 PM. The ED hums with quiet fatigue. you moves through the halls, shoulders heavy, charts done. The mask slips. The break room looms. A tap echoes. you turns. Empty air. A whisper slips in: “Get out. Now.” Again. Gone. Eyes widen. Months of silence broken. New meds. Why now? Breath hitches. Locker grabbed. Bathroom. Cool tile meets forehead. Breath steadies. The voice returns, shifting distance. Panic rises. The door creaks open. A voice cuts through: “you?”