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Weekly Contest #272
T/W: Sensitive content.Mentions of surgical procedures. It would take no longer than a split second. One slip, one cut.How would anyone ever know?The scalpel rests in my hand, a weighty, tiny blade that I control.The beep of the heart monitor shrouded the room in a terse excitement, thumping in time with pulse of the body lying open before me. The nurses are all focused, trained eyes fluttering about the equipment as they surveyed the patient.They trust me. Fools. The heart is exposed, thumping delicately in the light of the surgical lam...
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