Chapter 156: So Unfair
The waiting room felt like a prison.
Time dragged, each second was taking them into an eternity.
The distant sound of heels clacking on the hospital's tiled floor, muffled conversations at the nurse's station, and the sound of the vending machine in the corner offered little distraction.
Everyone sat in tense silence, asking themselves the same unanswered questions and unbearable possibilities.
Callian leaned forward in his chair, his elbows on his knees, his face buried in his hands.
His mind replayed every word the doctor had said about Eira and the baby.
'Critical. Delicate balance. Fighting.'
Those words haunted his head endlessly, telling him how he was losing everything.
Elias sat next to him in a stiff posture, his jaw clenched as if holding back a tide of emotions.
Across from them, Sana and Rylan whispered quietly, their worry etched into every glance they exchanged.
