I kept my eyes closed, trying to think prayerfully but mostly imagining the day when my name would find its way onto that list,
all the way at the end when everyone had stopped listening.
When Patrick was finished, we said this stupid mantra together—LIVING OUR BEST LIFE TODAY—and it was over.
Augustus Waters pushed himself out of his chair and walked over to me. His gait was crooked like his smile.
He towered over me, but he kept his distance so I wouldn’t have to crane my neck to look him in the eye.
“What’s your name?” he asked. “Hazel.” “No, your full name.” “Um, Hazel Grace Lancaster.”
He was just about to say something else when Isaac walked up. “Hold on,” Augustus said, raising a finger, and turned to Isaac.
“That was actually worse than you made it out to be.” “I told you it was bleak.”
“Why do you bother with it?” “I don’t know. It kind of helps?”
Augustus leaned in so he thought I couldn’t hear. “She’s a regular?”
I couldn’t hear Isaac’s comment, but Augustus responded, “I’ll say.”
He clasped Isaac by both shoulders and then took a half step away from him. “Tell Hazel about clinic.”
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