A Moment of Redemption

A Life-Saving Decision Gone Wrong Part 2 After Monica stormed out,

the silence in my apartment was deafening. No TV. No phone buzzing. Just the sound of

my own heartbeat echoing through the walls. Days turned into weeks.

I still went to work, but something in me was… gone. I showed up.

I charted. But I didn’t save. Nurses would call, “Doctor, we’ve got a code

in 312!” And I’d just… hesitate. Someone else could do it. Someone who still

believed the world wanted them to. The first patient died three days later.

Not because of me, technically. But because hesitation costs seconds. And seconds can