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Chapter 1: The Cursed Hand<\/strong>
\nThe knuckles of my left hand always ache when the barometric pressure drops, a dull, thrumming reminder of a childhood spent in a state of siege. I sat in my office at St. Jude\u2019s Memorial, the city lights shimmering through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and massaged the joint of my ring finger.<\/p>\n

To the world, I am Dr. Maya Sterling, the Chief of Thoracic Surgery. I am the woman with the \u201cmiracle hands.\u201d Patients travel across continents to have my left hand\u2014steady as a mountain, precise as a laser\u2014navigate the delicate topography of their hearts.<\/p>\n

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But to Silas and Elena Vance, I was never a doctor. I was a defect.<\/p>\n

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The memory hit me, unbidden and sharp: I was six years old, sitting at the mahogany dining table. I had reached for my glass of milk with my left hand.<\/p>\n

Whack.<\/p>\n

The heavy wooden ruler struck my knuckles with the precision of a guillotine.<\/p>\n

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Chapter 1: The Cursed Hand The knuckles of my left hand always ache when the barometric pressure drops, a dull, thrumming reminder of a childhood spent in a state of siege. I sat in my office at St. Jude\u2019s Memorial, the city lights shimmering through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and massaged the joint of my ring…<\/p>\n

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