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"I dragged myself to the hospital alone, in agony. But during the surgery, the doctors couldn't reach you. No one was there to sign the consent form. My appendix perforated. I nearly died on the operating table."
"That was the day I gave up on you completely."
Hildegarde stood frozen outside the car.
Appendix surgery?
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