Wonderful Sharing

Medical Center.

Seeing Jessie Paige standing there silently with tears in her eyes, Adam did not want to flatter himself.

Maybe she was just too sleepy today and had yawned.

As everyone knew, when people were too sleepy and yawned, their eyes could well up with tears.

Beep beep.

Beep beep.

The pager went off.

Adam checked it, then put it away and looked at Jessie Paige. "The paperwork should have gone through. Shall we go take a look?"

"All right."

Jessie Paige fell silent for a moment, then nodded.

Adam took her to the ward. With the lawyer present as witness, they completed the procedure, then removed the tubes and shut off the ventilator.

This Life Support System cost $5,000 a day.

Without external assistance, Jessie's grandfather would soon pass away unconscious.

Adam had been watching Jessie's expression, but there was none of the complicated emotion he had imagined. There was only indifference.

Clearly, there was some very melodramatic story behind this.

Um...

It seemed he would have to meet Officer Kate Beckett tonight and have a proper talk about human nature.

After leaving the ward, Adam was preparing to check on Carter.

Carter's foundation had never been particularly solid. Even now, under Adam's orders, he was working twice as hard to build it up.

But giving him positive feedback from time to time would help him persevere.

Teaching was not simply about passing on technical skills. The methods and approach mattered too.

For Carter, just looking up and seeing Dr. Duncan watching him, receiving a smiling affirmation, was enough to invigorate him for the entire day.

But before Adam could go over, a familiar figure appeared in the emergency department.

"Adele?"

Adam hurried over. "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine."

Adele, the Chief of Surgery's wife, from whom