Chapter 83

Eve lay crumpled on the floor, her complexion ashen, clutching at her chest before consciousness slipped away from her.

Gwendolyn’s face set in a mask of determination as she rapidly hit the emergency call button beside the hospital bed.

“Mrs. Lopez!”

“Mrs. Lopez, wake up.”

With the urgency of the situation and the nursing staff thinly spread during the lunch. break, Gwendolyn carefully laid Eve flat on her back. Eve’s breaths were shallow, her heartbeat dangerously slow.

Placing the heel of one hand in the center of her chest, Gwendolyn positioned her other hand on top and began CPR.

“1001! 1002!” She counted out loud with tense focus until a nurse arrived to assist and call for the cardiology team.

“Get the oxygen mask on her and attach the electrode pads.”

“Right! Gwendolyn, keep it steady!” the nurse said, kneeling to prepare the equipment. In these moments, no one dared interrupt a trainee executing life–saving measures.

“No need for defibrillation! Keep up the compressions!”

minutes were within

sweat dotting her forehead, Gwendolyn pressed down

the ECG, body taut with anticipation. Suddenly, the erratic lines.

hands, collapsing onto

for oxygen therapy. Run a

waiting medical team took over, and Gwendolyn slumped into a nearby chair, staring blankly at her trembling

onto the bed and subjected to a series of tests, but no

that led

Eve murmured, regaining consciousness with embarrassment.

legs again and wanted to see if I could walk.

the skilled care of Dr. Yates, Eve was a believer.

assured of her stability, the doctors and nurses left, entrusting Gwendolyn to keep

room settled into the rhythm of

I was nearly knocking on heaven’s door.” Eve spoke weakly from the bed, “It would’ve been nice to see my husband again,

on your side.” She wasn’t a critical patient, and with her cantankerous nature, the medical staff couldn’t always afford her the attention needed. Who could have anticipated such an

want to go home. Every corner of that house reminds me of

him. I used to

love for her

wonder she had missed him

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