COURTNEY ATHENA's POV
"Si Dad... He doesn't know."
The words hit me like a sudden gust of icy wind, freezing me in place as I stood beside my mom’s hospital bed. The rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor was the only sound piercing the heavy silence. My gaze shifted from Kuya’s troubled face to my mom, who lay unconscious and vulnerable. My heart pounded furiously, the gravity of the situation sinking in.
My eyes narrowed with determination. "Then let’s call him now!" I said urgently, reaching for my phone with shaking hands. The thought of Dad not knowing what was happening to Mom was unbearable. He needed to be here; we needed him.
"No, Tina!" Kuya’s voice cut through my rising panic, stopping me in my tracks. His tone was firm, but a layer of fear was underneath it. I could see the
