HERMIONE
Chairman Mendes arrived at the hospital in the wee hours of the morning. By then, Aiden had been transferred to the ICU, his surgery having lasted six hours.
My eyes are bloodshot and chilled with unshed tears as I swivel my head toward the doorway upon his entry.
He looks at Aiden's supine form on the bed first; his expression darkens before he focuses his attention on me.
"How did this happen?" His voice shakes, reflecting the severity of Aiden's injury.
Aiden's head is wrapped in bandages securing a dressing for his craniotomy, and his femur is immobilized in a stabilizing device to allow for proper healing of the fracture.
Various monitors and tubes surround him, a stark reminder of the severity of his condition. He looks fragile on the bed, and despite the assurance
