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She waved.<\/p>\n

Samuel froze.
\nThen she smiled\u2014softly, shyly\u2014
\nand something in the boy brightened.<\/p>\n

From that day on, Samuel returned.
\nThey talked through the open window, shared chalk drawings on the garden stones, played card games through the bars, and laughed in a way Hannah hadn\u2019t in years.<\/p>\n

Samuel became her secret joy.
\nHer real friend.
\nAnd the only person who noticed something strange about her \u201ctreatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hannah wasn\u2019t getting better.
\nShe was getting weaker\u2014
\nnot from illness,
\nbut from the way Veronica and a private physician, Dr. Lennox, kept insisting she needed more \u201crest,\u201d
\nmore \u201cadjustments to her routine,\u201d
\nand more medications that turned her dizzy and tired.<\/p>\n

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She waved. Samuel froze. Then she smiled\u2014softly, shyly\u2014 and something in the boy brightened. From that day on, Samuel returned. They talked through the open window, shared chalk drawings on the garden stones, played card games through the bars, and laughed in a way Hannah hadn\u2019t in years. Samuel became her secret joy. Her real…<\/p>\n

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