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
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