The truth didn’t knock. It crashed through test results, late-night phone calls, and the tremor in a mother’s signature as she authorized one more procedure. Rumors slipped under doors and through locker rows, twisting facts into spectacle. Friends chose sides. Strangers chose judgment. By the time anyone said the word out loud, the damage had already sunk into bone, into blood, into every unfin… Continues…
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