Diane's POV
The words slammed into me like a physical blow. I forgot how to breathe. Everything inside me stilled. The exhaustion vanished in an instant, replaced by cold, suffocating fear.
I couldn't move. Couldn't speak. I could only stare at my child—my son—silent and unmoving in the doctor's arms. And in that moment, nothing else mattered. Nothing except the terrifying question pounding in my head.
Why wasn't my baby crying?
Babies always cried so why was it quiet?
My heart pounded with fear as I met the gaze of the doctor, expecting an answer but terrified of the response.
“I don't know,” was the honest response of the doctor. My eyes widened at his response; he was the doctor here, if he did not know then who would?
“You're the doctor,” I stated the obvious as I held my ba
