Chapter 10 - The Words That Remain

Years later, when young nurses joined the emergency trauma team at St. Vincent Medical Center, they would eventually notice the silver plaque mounted near the entrance of Trauma Bay One.
It didn't bear the name of a famous surgeon or a wealthy politician.
It bore three simple sentences:
DEDICATED TO BEATRICE GALLAGHER-CASTELLANO.
WHO TAUGHT US THAT STRENGTH IS NOT FOUND IN WEAPONS, BUT IN THE REFUSAL TO BLINK WHEN THE WORLD STARTS BURNING.
SHE WAS NEVER HIS. HE WAS ALWAYS HERS.
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And whenever a difficult patient arrived—loud, dangerous, or demanding—the older nurses would simply adjust their scrubs, smile quietly, and whisper to the fresh recruits:
"Just do what Bea would do. Tell them to shut up and save their life."