Saving lives.
I suddenly remembered that, behind that blue curtain, my son was still struggling to breathe while the doctors tried to stabilize him.
“I want to see them right now,” I said firmly, wiping my tears with the back of my hand as I regained the professional composure that had always been my armor.
Marcus watched me for a long moment, as if he were assessing whether I was truly prepared for what I was about to see.
Then he finally nodded.
“Okay,” he said. “But you have to promise me that you’ll let the team do their job without interfering.”
“I’m a doctor,” I replied in a tense whisper. “I know how this works.”
The security guard slowly stepped aside as we approached the curtain, and for a moment time seemed to slow down in an almost unreal way.
Marcus carefully opened the curtain.
The first thing I saw was Leo.
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