Chapter 6

I leaped into the driver's seat and slammed the gas pedal all the way to the floor.

"Help! Someone help my baby!"

I sprinted into the emergency room, cradling Ethan's limp, unconscious body in my arms.

Nurses and doctors swarmed us instantly.

Tracheal intubation, high-flow oxygen, IV steroids... After two agonizing hours of a life-and-death tug-of-war, the red light above the resuscitation room finally went dark.

The doctor pulled off his mask, stepping out with bone-deep exhaustion etched across his face.

"You brought him in just in time. Another five minutes and the oxygen deprivation would have caused irreversible brain…