I am so over this situation, Peter. I'm unbumble to find something real.

You know, like someone you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think.

I just want someone who's ready for that long-term kind of love.

Whether you're looking for your next boyfriend, girlfriend, casual date or just someone that truly gets you,

it's waiting for you unbumble. Find them unbumble.

The doctor, one of the new plastic surgeons at Casimir Hospital, looked a little sheepish as he approached my desk.

I've only seen him a few times, and he had never spoken to me directly.

He was a vain fellow in the same way a few of the other hot shot docs around the ER, but...

Today, he looked rattled. His hair was unkempt, his clothing looked dirty, and he was glancing around in that way that made me think he might be followed.

Are you the one who collects the stories?

Yeah. I looked around, not sure if he was hiding from someone before telling him that I was.

Carl said you'd understand. I don't know what happened to me, but he told me that you might be able to help me make sense of it.

I know you're at work, but do you have a minute to talk?

It was currently around 10 o'clock, and I was in the middle of a lull in activity.

The real work wouldn't be possible until after they called my visitors to leave, so I pushed out a chair and bowed out on an outpad.

I had started carrying it religiously, stories becoming habitual, and I wanted to get all the information while it was fresh.

His name was Dr. Gary Long, and he had experienced something I only heard about once before.

The more he talked, the more I realized he was talking about the creatures that had taken up residence in the forbidden corridor over in the East Wing record mezzanine.

I don't know if I've been working at Cashmere Hospital for a couple of months, but I heard all the rumors, Dr. Logan still tells people about what happened to him in the elevator.

People talk about the ghost girl, the south wing, and when the jumps from the fifth story balcony, and everyone nurses and doctors alike know that if you stay in the OR too late,

then I just run into shaky leg Mary, right? I listened, but I privately thought that they were nothing but stories.

It was just talk. Every hospital has them, but Cashmere Hospital has a bit of reputation.

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