ous grin plastered on her face. She followed Nurse Jenna

shed into the operating room. The dark red liquid sn

slow, the rhythm stabilizing. Caleb let out

ok his head, a look of profound sadness in his eyes. "The bleeding has stopped," he announced to the roo

hair, his head in his hands. He looked like a

of the hospital, a very diff

ce, Cristin slid a check across

ard. But he hesitated. "This is a HIPAA violation," he said

Cherry family will withdraw every cent of funding for the new

urned to his computer and logged into

terine repair. In their place, he typed in a new diagnosis: "I

plete with the hospital's official red seal. Cristin snatc

ed off. Caleb walked out, pulling down

t, rushing over. "How

any emotion. "She's alive. But she wil

al blow. He stumbled backward, his

in a low, dangerous voice. "If you come near her again, if y

t back. He just stood there, staring at t

he was hooked up to a dozen machin

ndow to look at her, Dr. Croft appr

erson, I'm afraid I have some terrible news

ds. He read the words "permanent infertility" over and ov

that his actions on that freezing beach ha

amatically. "The Anderson family can't have an

e. "You've already signed the papers, Conrad. Let her

The pain in his chest was so intense he thought his heart would stop.

rushing the fake medical report. Then, he turned and walked away, his footsteps echoing down the empty hall. He walked away, but a frantic voice in his head screamed that he couldn't just leave her with nothing in thi

rista's cheek, as if even in her coma, sh