Nate's POV
The hospital corridors were finally quiet, but my head was anything but. Machines hummed in the distance, footsteps echoed faintly down the hall, and somewhere, a nurse laughed softly — a sound that felt almost out of place after the long, brutal night.
My grandmother was stable for now. The doctor's words had been a relief, but only just. I wouldn't feel peace until I saw her open her eyes again and call me by the nickname she'd given me when I was a kid. My mother had gone home already, exhausted herself. She didn't want to leave but I had insisted. None of us would be any good to grandmother if we were all cranky and tired.
Maddy stood beside me at the end of the corridor, her arms wrapped around herself, eyes shadowed with worry. She looked exhausted — pale under
