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Her body was sprawled on the stretcher. The gurney, surrounded by nurses, was being wheeled into the operating room. Her face was a bloody mess, blood stains appearing on her dress.

– Internal bleeding, spleen is gone, bones shattered, – the doctor whispered nearby.

– Does she have insurance? – the doctor asked the nurse.

– She had nothing on her, they brought her like this. People found her by the side of the road.

The gurney was wheeled into the operating room.

– Pulse?

– Blood pressure?

– Let’s begin. The nurse searched for a vein, administered the drugs. The patient on the gurney was Amina. She was simply crossing the road when a car sped by, driven by either drunk or high young men. Amina rolled to the roadside, and the car immediately sped away. Now there was hope in the doctors, hope that she would survive.

***

Marianna sat on a chair opposite her great-grandmother’s icon of Jesus Christ. She crossed herself with her right hand and looked at the icon. Her soul felt uneasy and troubled.

***

They set Amina’s bones, performed numerous surgeries, but she remained disabled.