I kept saying to myself that when at last they found out about him, it will be like the sun falling out of the sky.
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He was a functional addict, who went to work each day, but Ifoundhim passed out on the floor or overmedicated frequently enough that the weekend staff at the ER knew us by name.
As he stood there with the pen in his hand, very obviously reading the badge pinned to my lapel, Ifound myself wanting to shake himout of the little dream he was in.