The room plunged into a suffocating, dead silence.
Dominic's grip on his phone froze in mid-air. He let out a disbelieving gasp, his voice trembling. "What... what did you just say?"
"Mr. Fairclough, we fully understand how painful this news is," the doctor replied, his voice remaining agonizingly calm and professional. "However, Mrs. Hayley Fairclough's condition had already taken a turn for the worse long before your return. Though we did everything in our power to prolong her life, there was little we could do."
Dominic refused to accept it. After a brief moment of sheer stunned silence, he snapped. He abruptly ended the call and grabbed my wrist with terrifying violence.
"You're all lying to me, aren't you?!" he snarled, his eyes bloodshot. "This is your doing! You heard that I was
