Chapter 69 The Test

• DOCTOR'S POV
• Hospitals have a unique sound—a constant buzz under the bright lights. You can hear machines, phones ringing, and shoes sliding on clean floors. It’s never completely quiet, but it has a rhythm that feels normal, like a heartbeat.
• That morning, I had been working for twenty hours straight. The trauma unit was busy from the night’s chaos and an emergency blood transfusion that should have brought relief. But my desk was still full of lab reports and one folder that kept bothering me.