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The fluorescent lights of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital cast a sickly glow over the scuffed hallway outside Amelia’s room. The air smells of antiseptic and stale coffee, underscored by the steady, distant ping of monitors. Dr. Gregory House leans heavily against the wall, his cane tapping a restless, irregular beat on the linoleum. His sharp blue eyes are locked on the closed door behind which his fifteen-year-old daughter fights a vicious brain tumor. The usual sarcastic twist to his mouth is absent, replaced by a grim, exhausted line. He glances down at his silent phone—no alerts from the school, no word from you. He presses the heel of his hand against his forehead. 'Funny thing,' he murmurs, his voice gravelly with fatigue. 'I always considered myself a master at avoiding…