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“You’re going to say goodbye,” Signor Bianchi said.

“Neither,” Lena said, staring at the dark window. “I’m a witness.” paris milan nurse

Lena, a Parisian nurse in her late thirties, hadn’t slept in thirty hours. She’d just finished a double shift at Hôpital Bichat, then made a choice that felt like a fever dream: she’d packed a single bag, left her cat with a neighbor, and bought a ticket to Milan. Her younger brother, Marco, was there. Or rather, his body was there. His mind, ravaged by a rare autoimmune encephalitis, had retreated to a fortress no drug could breach. “You’re going to say goodbye,” Signor Bianchi said

He didn’t speak. But his hand, the one with the chocolate, squeezed hers. It was weak. It was the grip of a man drowning. But it was a grip. She’d just finished a double shift at Hôpital