medical board certification process.”
Laura sounded breathless. “Are you serious?”
“I’m completely serious.”
The first month of retraining was brutal.
Mariana spent twelve-hour days studying updated surgical guidelines, changes in pharmacology, and new laparoscopic technology.
Some evenings, she sat at the dining table overwhelmed by doubt, wondering whether trying to return at forty-eight was insane.
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One afternoon in the hospital library, Andrew closed the massive textbook in front of her. “You’re not going to reclaim seven years of progress in two weeks, Mariana. Take a breath.”
“I’m