Chapter 4

POV:Colin

Two hours later, Colin finally realized Sadie was perfectly fine. He gently closed his niece's door and walked down the hall to check on his daughter, rehearsing his apologies in his head.

He pushed open the door to Ellie's ward, a tired but confident smile on his face. He fully expected to find his understanding wife waiting in the corner, and his sensible daughter ready to forgive him.

Instead, the room was suffocatingly dead and quiet.

"Laura? Ellie?" he called out.

No one answered. The hospital bed was perfectly made, and the heart monitors were switched off. They were…