medical deformity or a health crisis; it was based on a sudden, crushing suspicion. He looked at me not as his sister who had sacrificed her body for him, but as a stranger who had somehow betrayed the most sacred trust imaginable.
The medical staff scrambled to maintain order as the emotional dam broke. Melissa was inconsolable, her cries turning into a rhythmic chanting of “no, no, no,” while Ryan stood by the door, his eyes darting around the room like a trapped animal seeking an exit from a nightmare
