instead of charts.
Even after the wounded worker was stabilized and the suspect surrendered, normal never came back the same way. Parents still replay the unanswered texts. Nurses still remember which closet they chose, which coworker they couldn’t find. The community will move forward, but not untouched. Because now everyone carries a new, unsettling truth: safety isn’t a place anymore. It’s a hope we keep choosing, despite the fear.
