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28. Maura's Last Speech (and Epilogue)

The final chapter of Maura and Me.

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Kate Speer
Jun 30, 2024
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A new shift of nurses welcomed me brightly as I walked into the unit, the optimism draining from their faces immediately as they took in my disheveled appearance: hospital scrubs hanging off my underweight body, a trash bag of soiled clothes in hand, and the trails of that one dab of mascara smeared all the way down my puffy, tear-stained face.

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