Dr. Rosellen Makeda sets the sketch pad and crayons in front of the patient. The girl, Dr. Makeda estimates, is late teens, early 20s. The patient is covered in bruises and abrasions. Purple half moons sit beneath brown bloodshot eyes. She is Jane Doe to the hospital staff and Sheriff’s Department. Dr. Makeda, in private, refers to the girl as Dar. Wounds on the right forearm, too old to be from the accident, are close approximations to the letters D A R. A wound on the right cheek, this one definitely from the crash, reminds Dr. Makeda of a split pomegranate. She wishes the girl would answer the questions.
What is your name?
Where do you live?
Why were you covered in blood before the car slammed into the tree?
Dr. Rosellen Makeda takes a step back from the bed and waits in silence. The girl keeps her words to herself. The doctor watches as the patient pulls the red one from the small yellow box.
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