Through a haze, I saw only blurs of frantic white.
Cool liquid seeped into my arm. My stomach felt terrifyingly cold, and somewhere nearby, a nurse cried out in alarm.
"No luck! Her emergency contact isn't answering!"
"We can't start surgery without a signature! Check her contacts quickly. Find any other next of kin!"
"Hold on! You're so young. Just keep fighting!"
End of Corinne's POV
Meanwhile, at the police station, Damien was on duty.
Alessia called him out of the blue, saying a group of men had been following her.
Cold sweat broke out across his forehead, and he rushed straight home.
Alessia was curled on his bed, her face as pale as paper. The moment she saw him, her eyes lit up.
She threw herself sobbing into his arms. "I was so scared! They kept following me, saying they
