The Day Our Promise Breaks

Andrew's shout, wild with ecstatic relief, shattered the heavy gloom of the lab like a lightning strike.

"Hurry! Draw the serum now! Ultra-purify it—maximum concentration! Move!" His voice shook with excitement as he summoned his team.

The assistants sprang into action without missing a beat.

Andrew took charge himself, hands steady but moving fast, drawing out the vital blood from Charles's battered veins veins that had barely survived heart failure and a toxic onslaught.

That blood held hope: rare antibodies, shimmering with the promise of a miracle.

Every second was precious.

The purification machines whirred at full tilt, the concentration process racing the clock.

Within minutes, Andrew was clutching a vial of potent antibody serum in his hand.

He didn't hesitate. Sprinting down the corridor, he crashed through the door of the next treatment room.

"Now! Give this to Charlie-right now!"

Andrew's arrival snapped Francis out of his hopeless daze.

Just moments earlier, Charlie's heart monitor was barely flickering her life hanging by a thread.

Francis had given Charles his word: he'd save Charlie. He couldn't let her slip away now.

"Everyone, move!"

around Charlie's

Andrew injected the serum straight into Charlie's fragile

an invisible warmth seemed to flood Charlie's icy, bluish skin, washing away

barely coaxed back to life-struggled to find consciousness, desperate to be near his daughter. Francis understood. He signaled the team to wheel Charles to

"Charlie..."

little more than a

name.

unfocused and weary, searched

couldn't rest until he saw her through this

awake, every second a battle. Everyone held their breath, waiting, watching Charlie

little

fingers around hers, weak but determined. No

heartbeat felt

doubt began to eat

started to stip away, the monitor beside Charlie's bed-its line nearly flat-suddenly jumped, pulsing with

kicked back, the rhythm clear and

replaced by steady, gentle beeping-the sound

it: Charlie's hand

She was back.

rushed to check

voices trembling with relief. "Charles, she's out of danger! The antibodies

you did it. You saved

him, Charles finally let go

holding for so long.