Aria's POV
The moment the elevator doors opened, I bolted.
I tore down the corridor toward the emergency room at the far end, my lungs on fire.
Please, let him live.
Please…
I lurched to a stop outside the ER doors, my legs barely holding me, my whole body shaking beyond my control.
Laurence caught up and gripped my arm to steady me, but I could hardly feel him there. It was as if a mountain were pressing down on my chest.
I couldn't breathe. I couldn't think.
Laurence's words kept echoing in my head.
"After his treatment, Mr. Grayson came back and saw you were asleep. He didn't want to wake you… so he asked me to walk him downstairs…"
"He sneezed, so I went back upstairs to get him a shawl…"
"It wasn't even ten minutes…"
"When I found him, he was in the pavilion, talking to a
