(Virginia’s POV)
"I'll make her pay for hurting my Jasper."
The words slip out before I realize I've spoken them aloud. But as soon as they leave my lips, the steady beeping of Jasper's heart monitor suddenly becomes erratic. His body goes rigid, then starts convulsing against the hospital bed.
Beep-beep-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!
The sudden change is a physical shock, jolting me bolt upright.
“Jasper!" I scream, staring at the chaotic lines on the monitor, my voice raw with fresh, immediate terror.
I leap to the door, fumbling with the handle, and tear it open. "Doctor! Nurse! His heart! Something's wrong!"
A flurry of white and blue descends—doctors and nurses, their faces masks of urgency, rush past me into the room. They swarm around the bed, pushing me against the wall as they work over h
