Chapter 121

Nora POV

The crash team works fast, their voices overlapping with urgency while machines shriek and someone calls out numbers that mean nothing to me except that David is slipping away again. I stand pressed against the wall outside his bay with my arms wrapped tight around myself, watching through the glass as they shock him once more. His body arches off the bed, then falls back limp. The line on the monitor flattens for a horrible second before stuttering back into something resembling rhythm. They adjust drips, push more drugs, press down on his chest again when the beats falter. Minutes stretch until the alarms finally quiet. The doctor steps back, breathing hard, and nods to the team. “He’s back. Sinus rhythm, but tenuous. Pressors are holding him. Be sure to keep him sedated and ventilated. He’s still critical.”

I don’t move until the nurse comes out and touches my arm g