I blinked.
“What?”
“Any injuries to her mouth? Bruising? Accidents?”
“No…”
Before I could finish, Daniel stepped closer.
“Why are you asking that?”
Dr. Harris held his gaze calmly.
“Because I’m a doctor.”
Daniel smiled.
But there was something ugly beneath it now.
“She’s a kid,” he said. “Kids get hurt.”
Dr. Harris nodded slowly.
“Yes,” he said quietly. “They do.”
When Lily came back from the X-rays, her face looked pale.
She climbed into the chair again without speaking.
Dr. Harris studied the scans on the monitor for a very long time.
Too long.
Then he turned toward us with a careful smile.
“There’s no cavity,” he said.
I frowned.
“Then why is she hurting?”
He hesitated.
Then:
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