Chapter 19 - Elena Regains Her Fading Breath
Twenty minutes later, my secure phone buzzed violently in my suit pocket with an urgent call from the intensive care unit.
“Mr. Vance! You need to get to ICU Room Four-B right now; Dr. Harrison needs you!” a nurse’s voice gasped out.
I carefully placed my son back into the incubator, kissed his forehead once more, and sprinted down the hallway like a madman.
I burst through the ICU doors just as Dr. Harrison stepped away from Elena’s bed with a tired, hopeful smile.
“She’s waking up, Mr. Vance; her natural sinus rhythm just kicked in ahead of the medication schedule,” the doctor reported.
I rushed to the bedside, falling to my knees beside her mattress and grasping her pale hand with both of mine.
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Elena’s eyelids fluttered slowly, fighting through the thick fog of sedation until her hazel eyes finally focused on my face.
“Julian...” she whispered hoarsely through her cracked lips, a single tear slipping from the corner of her eye.
