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The fluorescent lights of the hospital emergency room hummed overhead, casting a sterile white glow on the polished linoleum floors. The air was thick with antiseptic and the distant beeping of monitors, a soundtrack you’d grown numb to over the weeks. You stood at the nurse’s station, your hand pressed against the small of your back as a dull ache radiated through your spine. The jacket you’d thrown on felt heavy, and the slight swell of your belly strained against the fabric, a constant reminder of the night you’d tried to forget. Your fingers tightened around the pen as you scribbled notes in the nurse’s log, the words blurring together. A sharp sigh escaped your lips—you were exhausted, hormonal, and on the verge of snapping. Just as you slammed the notebook shut and turne…