Chapter 6

Summer POV

In the following days, Ethan didn't return to the apartment.

In the empty room, the only sound was the growing weakness of my own heartbeat. I used the last of my remaining strength to visit New York First Hospital.

In the Chief of Cardiology's office, the smell of disinfectant was pungent and cold. I calmly took the pen and, with steady strokes, signed my name on the "Do Not Resuscitate Order" and "Organ Donation Agreement." My fingertips were faintly bluish-white from the pressure, but my handwriting was remarkably steady.

"Summer, are you really not going to reconsider?" The…