Chapter 2

Chapter 2 First Author

The next morning, Seraphina had the early shift.

She got to the department by 6:30, pulled on her white coat, and started rounds.

Winter had set in, and cardiac admissions always climbed with the cold. Every bed on the unit was taken, most of them by patients who were middle-aged or older.

When rounds were over, she went back to her office and looked over the day’s schedule.

Clinic filled the morning, and three cases waited in the afternoon, all coronary angiograms with stent placement.

She was still reading when someone knocked on the door.