Chapter 289

• GUSTAVO
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• The exam room felt smaller than I expected. White walls, that crinkly paper on the table, a little machine on a cart with wires hanging off it. Valentina sat on the edge of the table in her paper gown, legs swinging a little. She looked calm. I stood next to her, arms crossed, trying not to look like I didn’t belong there. The doctor came in a couple minutes later, a woman in her forties with short hair and a clipboard. Doctor Ramirez. She smiled at both of us like this was normal.