Chapter 15 - The Experimental Cardiac Surgery Begins In Baltimore
At eight o'clock the following morning, the red light above Operating Room 4 at Johns Hopkins illuminated, signaling the start of surgery.
Ethan held Lucy’s hand tightly in the private chapel on the hospital’s top floor, praying silently for the first time in nine years.
Dr. Vance and her surgical team worked with surgical precision, attempting to repair the damaged heart tissue using advanced techniques.
Outside the hospital entrance, private security guards turned away two undercover reporters hired by Victoria Hale to snap photos.
Hours ticked by like slow, torturous miles as Ethan waited for any news from the surgical team working tirelessly down the hall.
Lucy rested her head on her father’s lap, holding a small silver locket that contained a picture of Ethan and Olivia from college.
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“Daddy? Is Mom going to wake up?” Lucy asked softly, her eyes filled with innocent hope and deep emotional exhaustion.
Ethan stroked her dark curls, his voice thick with emotion: “She’s fighting with everything she has, Lucy. And so are we.”
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