1,118 miles to home
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Dennis Whitaker doesn't share much about his life in Nebraska for a multitude of reasons. One is that it's too hard to explain that he got married at age 17 to a man nearly five years older than him and that it ended in nothing less than flames.
Cassie McKay would like to pretend that she isn't nosey; she knows what it's like to be judged because of one stupid mistake, but sometimes Whitaker makes it so hard to keep her nose out of his business.
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Ex-Amish Whitaker comforts a patient dealing with domestic violence in a way that makes McKay think he knows divorce more intimately than he's willing to say out loud.
"The minutes that stretch between his statement and her answer feel like hours; within that time, he feels like he relives every second with Joseph while simultaneously not remembering a moment of it. He squeezes Mrs. Marckawhitz’s hand, trying to give her enough strength to continue.
“My husband isn’t a very forgiving man.” She whispers finally. Dennis feels his heart crack in pieces for this woman. "
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- Part 1 of 1,118 miles to home
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Mel King just wants to be friends with all of her co-workers; she doesn't understand why Whitaker is trying so hard to close himself off, but she is determined to find out.
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Santos finally convinces Whitaker to go out clubbing with her and the girls, and he and Mel both find out why this is a terrible idea.
"She figured it best that she wait silently for him to open up.
She didn't think it would be in a dingy club bathroom.
She didn’t think it would take him until the last two weeks of his rotation in the ER to say something either.
Most people get sick of hiding secrets or deflecting when asked incessantly by a certain someone (Santos), but Whitaker held out until he physically couldn't anymore."
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- Part 2 of 1,118 miles to home