The ambulance siren wailed as the emergency vehicle pulled into the ER entrance. Nurses rushed to lower the stretcher carrying Elliana—her small body pale and limp, an oxygen tube clinging to her nose. Olivia Grace ran close behind, the blood on her temple still fresh, but she didn’t care. Her heart was beating for one thing only—her daughter’s survival.
“Take her to the pediatric ICU, now! We need a CT scan and a full blood panel!” one of the doctors barked.
Olivia stopped at the edge of the emergency room entrance. The staff wouldn’t let her in. She stood frozen, trembling, her hand covering her mouth. Her eyes locked on the door that had just shut tightly in front of her.
Time crawled. Every second sliced through her chest like a knife.
Minutes later, a nurse approached her. The you
