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Alden held Celeste tightly as she wept, her body trembling against his. It felt like a part of her was being ripped away. It had already been a week, and still, there were no signs of Peter waking up.

The swelling in his brain had gone down, but for some unknown reason, there was no neurological activity.

Then, out of nowhere, the machines connected to Peter started blaring.

Alarms.

Warning signals.

Alden immediately rushed out to call the nurses and doctors. Within seconds, a team stormed into the room. The medical staff ordered everyone to clear the area, forcing Celeste and Alden to watch from the doorway as they began CPR.

Dr. Wagner had been reviewing Peter’s case in his office, desperately searching for any reason why he wasn’t responding. No matter how many tests they ran, they found nothing.

That’s when his phone rang.

A call from the ICU.

He picked up immediately.

“I’m on my way,” he said, grabbing his coat and heading straight to the fifth floor.

Outside the ICU, Celeste and Alden waited anxiously.

The sight of them–pale, exhausted, their hope hanging by a thread–made Wagner’s frustration deepen.

This wasn’t how things were supposed to go.

But life never followed anyone’s plans.

with a grim

cardiac arrest. We need to decide if it’s time to prepare for the inevitable. Are

But I’ll tell you this–he’s still in there. If

doctor sighed. “Then speak to his family. They need

his jaw.

wasn’t Peter’s best friend,

his greatest achievement in medicine.

him go would feel

if the family decided it was time to pull the plug, there was nothing he

And yet…

Peter would leave

had a wife, children yet to be born, a

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in his favor–but Peter had never been one to let odds dictate

and walked up to Alden and Celeste.

how’s my father? What

quiet, but her

seen that look on a doctor’s

Twice.

when she lost

she

inhaled sharply,

just suffered a heart attack. The medical team monitoring him… they don’t believe he’s

arms of

want to keep waiting for complete failure or if

spilling from her eyes “He’s strong! I know it! He promised me! And I promised him that I’d be here until the

won’t!”

firm hand on her shoulder

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