Two Codes, One Choice

I chose my patient over my best friend and she died on the table next to mine.

Code blue rang out in both trauma bays. My hands were inside a stranger's chest doing compressions.

Sarah was coding ten feet away. My Sarah. The nurse I trained with.

My roommate. The attending screamed at me to stay focused. My frenemy Jessica took Sarah's case,

shooting me this look like she finally won something. I had to choose. Professional duty

or personal loyalty. I kept pumping. Stranger's heart restarted. Sarah flatlined.

Jessica whispered it was probably better this way, that Sarah had secrets I didn't know about.

Turns out Sarah had been sleeping with my ex and was pregnant. I saved a life but