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Ellis looked at the woman who wiped away her tears quickly as she
looked down at her. Smiling softly up at the woman, Ellis gave her a
small smile as she asked her if she was lost. 
           “No, well, not really. I am just walking around.”
She spoke as she tucked her long brown strands behind her ear.
Whenever she did not go to after-school care and walked from her
school to the hospital, she always wandered the halls while her mother
was in surgery or doing rounds. 

                           “That’s right — you’re Meredith’s kid, aren’t you?”
          Teddy  realized.  Doing  her best to lighten the mood, she joked. 
          “I  guess  you’ve outgrown the daycare by now. What does your
          mother do with you when she’s at work, hmm? God only knows
          what my daughter Delia gets up to when I’m stuck here all night
          with  a  trauma.”  By  now,  the  tears  were dry on her face, and
          Teddy prayed the little  girl  wouldn’t ask her why she had been 
                                                                                           c r y i n g .