“Lily held onto the edge of her desk to keep herself from screaming. She breathed in and breathed out.You’re a surgeon. A surgeon never panics during an operation.”

“Time doesn’t really heal all wounds. It just creates a layer of years over something that still pulses and bleeds. When someone cuts a piece out of your heart, it never heals.”

“All of a sudden, thoughts of the past flitted through Lily’s mind and scratched at her heart.”