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Chapter 22

Author: Andrawrites
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-23 20:32:39

Zayne

I sat at the edge of the hospital bed, my eyes fixed on Kyle. His small body looked swallowed up by the white sheets, his chest rising and falling unevenly beneath the tangle of wires attached to his skin. A heart monitor beeped steadily beside him, each sound a painful reminder that he wasn’t well. His tiny hand, warm but weak, rested in mine.

“Hang in there, little man,” I whispered, my voice breaking as I pressed my lips to his knuckles. “You’re strong. You’ll get through this. I promise.”

A doctor in a white coat, stethoscope hanging around his neck, stepped closer. He adjusted the IV line attached to Kyle’s wrist and nodded at one of the nurses. “Increase his fluids. We need to stabilize his temperature,” he instructed firmly.

“Yes, doctor,” the nurse replied, adjusting the dial on the stand. Another nurse slipped a thermometer under Kyle’s arm, her eyes flicking to the screen as numbers blinked to life.

The doctor placed the stethoscope against Kyle’s chest, listening inte
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