Chapter 4

The sound of the ambulance approached from a distance, its piercing siren tearing through the night.

Paramedics burst in, and for a moment, everything was total chaos.

"The patient has no vital signs. Pupils are dilated, and rigor mortis is present. She's been dead for at least two hours now," the doctor announced my death without a hint of emotion.

But Michael acted like he didn't hear a thing. He held onto me desperately, refusing to let go.

"Save her! You have to save her!" he shouted at the doctors, his eyes red and wild, like a trapped animal. "I'll…