Todos los capítulos de I Left Him Behind: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

"Hurry! Her heart rhythm is all over the place—she's in recurrent V-fib!""Shock her now! Push the meds!"Outside the emergency room, the doctors and nurses trying to save my mom were in chaos.The hallway between her room and the ER was still smeared with the blood she had coughed up.I huddled in a corner of the hallway, terrified, still clutching the crumpled number slip from the marriage license office.I called Callum Sinclair again and again.He wasn't her specialist.But if he showed up, it would give me something to hold on to while I was falling apart—a little bit of strength, enough to feel that, besides Mom, there was still someone in this world for me—the man who had been by my side for seven years.The phone rang more than a dozen times before Helena Vaughn finally picked up."We're at a critical point in the cryo-transplant review. Every step of the data analysis matters. Can you stop holding Callum back?"A doctor puts patients first. You knew that when you cho

After Callum left, the Bluetooth speaker at home suddenly came on.It was Helena."Okay, I'll be honest with you. There isn't any surgery. I was worried that if you stayed home, Rosalie would drag you down even more, so I made up an excuse to get you out of there."So, Dr. Sinclair? Aren't I clever?!"Helena's voice was bright and bubbly, clearly fishing for praise.Callum gave a low laugh."I knew it. Besides you, there's probably no one in the world who understands me like this. Helena, thank you."The next second, the sound of a kiss came clearly through the Bluetooth speaker.No restraint. No attempt to hide it.There was even the sound of heavy, ragged breathing.I couldn't stop shaking. I rushed over and ripped the speaker's power cord out.The harsh noise cut off, but the intimate sounds kept circling in my head.It hurt so much I couldn't breathe.Once, they had been the two people in the world who understood me best.Back in college, money was tight.I often cou

The name slipped out of him in a murmur.Then he grabbed the nurse in front of him by the front of her scrubs. "Why didn't anyone tell me? Why didn't anyone tell me the patient in Bed 17 was getting worse?! Do you people even see me as head of this department?!"The young nurse was shaking all over at his sudden outburst, but she still managed to point at the death certificate on the computer screen."We wanted to tell you when she started getting worse. But that was the day of the cryo-transplant review, and Dr. Vaughn said no matter what happened, no one was allowed to disturb you, so..."Her legs had nearly given out, but she forced herself to finish.Callum's fury drained away, and he let go of her.A deep sense of helplessness and failure washed over him.Ever since he'd thrown himself into the targeted drug research, the death rate in his whole department had started dropping.But that day, when he heard a patient in his department had died, he couldn't bring himself to f

"Helena!"Callum didn't give her time to react. He grabbed her luggage and yanked it.Before Helena could react, the momentum threw her into the doorframe.A dull pain shot through her bones, but Callum didn't hesitate for a second."Get out!"Helena cried out. "You hurt me! Aren't you even going to say sorry?"In the past, forget shoving her—if she so much as scraped a thin layer of skin off her hand, he'd anxiously go find antiseptic and gauze and bend down to bandage it himself.But now, looking at her fake wounded expression, all he felt was disgust."This is my home. Mine and Rosalie's. You don't get to move in here and take her place."Get out."Helena stumbled, then caught her balance. The shock on her face outweighed the pain she'd been faking.She couldn't accept that Callum, who'd always been so understanding and considerate toward her, would treat her like this."Callum, what are you saying? Rosalie throws one tantrum, and you treat me like this?"I've got nowhe

"I've already handed in my resignation. A man like me doesn't deserve to be a doctor."I also reported everything Helena did to my superiors. Before long, you'll get the justice you deserve."When I didn't answer, Callum pressed his forehead against the glass door.I could hear his breathing clearly."I owe you too much. I understand if you won't forgive me. But I'm begging you, take care of yourself. Don't let my mistakes make you unhappy."Rosie..."He ran his fingers over the glass. His voice was so full of tenderness that it threw me for a moment, as if he weren't Callum at all."I know no amount of apologizing can undo what's already happened. Diane, Lucky, your seven years—I'm the one who destroyed all of it."I don't dare hope we can go back to how things were. I'm just asking for a chance to make it up to you, even if it's only watching over you from a distance."Look."He opened his phone, and a faint meow came through the screen."Lucky's gone, so I got you a new o