Chapter 2 - The Heart Monitor Flatlines And Chaos Erupts
The piercing, continuous shriek of the heart monitor sliced through the heavy silence of the intensive care unit like a jagged knife.
Caleb stood frozen in place, his fingers still entwined with Sarah’s cold, lifeless hand as the green line on the screen flattened into an endless digital abyss.
“Code blue! Code blue in room four!” Dr. Harrison screamed, rushing through the heavy double doors with a crash.
Nurses flooded the sterile room instantly, shoving Caleb backward against the stainless-steel heart-rate cart with frantic, practiced urgency.
“Clear!” the lead physician shouted, pressing the heavy defibrillator paddles against Sarah’s bruised, mint-green hospital gown.
Caleb stumbled against the glass partition, his chest heaving as he stared at the tragic chaos unfolding before his eyes.
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Her final words—*“Now you want to know?”*—echoed in his brain, carrying a weight heavier than any physical blow.
He looked around the bright, humming room, realizing with sudden dread that the monster who had battered his wife was someone wearing a white coat or a family smile.
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