The red “In Operation” sign above the theatre door glowed like a warning.Xander sat slouched in the cold, metallic chair in the hospital corridor, his hands hanging loosely between his knees, agitated.The blood stains on his hands were a cruel reminder he didn’t want to forget.David and Karl rushed in.Moments later, Selena, Ingrid, Isabel, Noah, Tony, Cassandra, Loretta, and old Jacob filed in, one after another.Their heels clinked, but not with care—fear.Xander’s eyes lingered on the blood on his hands, then shifted to the door.His face was pale, drained of its usual composure, as if the chaos of the night had stripped him of all his carefully built defenses. It had been four long hours.Finally.The light in the theatre went off.Then the door to the operating room opened.The sound cut through the tension like a blade. Everyone turned sharply toward it. Xander stood up straight, his entire body locking as the surgeons emerging in his scrubs.David and Karl followed suit
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