ng room door glared down like a bloodshot eye, s

paced the corridor like a caged animal, hi

tly in her lap, praying. She didn't look at Con

ked open. A nurse hurried

her arm. "How is she?" he deman

ve amount of blood. The uterus is severely damaged. You

took the pen she offered, but his hand shoo

choed down the hall, shatt

r a mess, one high heel missing. She thre

slit her wrists in her room! There's

is mind blank. "That's

e feels so guilty! She thinks it's her fault the baby died! S

r life all those years ago! She would have di

his unborn child, fighting for their lives. The other

oved Cristin away. "You're lying! Why now? Why t

ou're the heartless one! If Else dies, Conrad will nev

oral debt he owed Else, the ingrained beli

impatiently. "Sir, we don'

his signature on the critical notice an

. "Stay here," he said, his voice raw.

back her hand and slapped him hard across th

d on his cheek, but he didn't fight back. H

alked away, following

mbling with rage. "If you walk away now, Conrad," she

of a second. But he didn't turn arou

was working furiously. "Suture,

"Doctor, we're running out of

hand. "Give me the

major multi-car pile-up on the interstate an hour ago that depleted our entire eme

plit second. "Then call the do

sheets. The line on the heart monitor began to