I recalled Leanne saying something similar a while back. The nurses at the hospital worked almost suicidal hours, and the coma ward was among the worst. At the same time, the fact that Sarah left was news to me. "When did Sarah leave?" I asked. "Last week," Heather replied, "her fiancée got a new job in Seattle and she got a new job there as well. Don't worry, when they get married, they're coming back here for the service. You'll be invited." I nodded at that. Her grandmother looked up from perusing my medical records and looked at the two of us speculatively. She didn't say anything, but she didn't have to. Heather met her gaze and blushed a little. I smiled at her, but I probably looked nervous. Nurse Hamilton had been reading young people for so long that we were an open book to her

