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PTOLEMY
Uh-huh. He takes the older man by the wrist and studies his hand. PTOLEMY (CONT'D)
Why you got me in here when there’s that woman out there with that big lump on her th’oat? DR. RILEY Esther? She’s okay. We’re just prepping her for a trip to the hospital. PTOLEMY Coydog used ta tell me that hospitals was where black folk went to die. DR. RILEY I think Esther will be fine. PTOLEMY My cousin Petey went to the hospital and so did, so did, um, that woman. She was like, um... I don’t remember. DR. RILEY Do you remember when I was a kid that lived in your building about thirty years ago?
Ptolemy studies the doctor’s face. PTOLEMY No. REGGIE How is he, Dr. Riley? DR. RILEY
Hand is almost completely healed. PTOLEMY I told ya. I told ya I didn’t need no doctor stickin’ me with needles an’ wrappin’ up my hand like it was a ornery hog.
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