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Suspense with a Heart



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Excerpt from DAUGHTER OF THE HEART
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Prologue:
    It was time. The woman moved through the dormitory-like rooms in her crisp, white uniform and surveyed the sleeping residents. She stopped to take the pulse of one patient, then tucked the soft cotton sheet around the thin shoulders.
    Moving on, she touched the warm forehead of another patient, then the thermostat on the wall. Seventy-eight degrees. One of them had pushed it up again, wasting the doctor’s hard-earned money. She switched it back to sixty-six.
    Nurse Hilda Krakowski realized a deep sense of satisfaction as she surveyed the neat rows of beds.
    This was her life, her calling, and she was fiercely loyal to the man who’d given her another chance to work in her profession. She often fantasized that they were Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers.
    Nurse Krakowski returned to her desk and made careful notations in each chart. Heart palpitations reported in one patient; they’d have to keep a watchful eye on her. Abdominal cramping, difficulty breathing, water retention...
    From the clock on the wall, she noted it was time to visit the “special” ones, the ones who were ready to be tested. Standing, she smoothed her skirt, touched her cap, securing it in place over her graying hair, then looked down. The shoes were her only flaw, but a small price to pay.
    Nurse Krakowski knew everyone called her “Squeaky” behind her back because of the incessant sounds her shoes made. It was a humiliation she endured. The doctor insisted she wear them. He didn’t want her sneaking up behind him as she’d done in the past when wearing her silent-soled oxfords.
    With a deep sigh, she picked up another clipboard and continued her rounds, reciting the sacred oath with each step.

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