I stared at the shattering crystals on the screen, my face darkening. With a swift motion, I smashed my phone onto the floor in frustration.
"This is all your fault!" I snapped, my voice cutting through the corridor like a blade.
"I was in the middle of a promotion match and you wouldn’t stop yelling in my ear like a swarm of flies! So damn annoying."
Anthony knelt closer, trembling as he looked up at me, his eyes filled with pleading desperation.
"Eddie, we’ll give you anything you want. Just save Susan, please…"
The gathered crowd, silent until now, began murmuring amongst themselves. Their eyes bore into me, their expressions shifting from confusion to disdain.
A few older women in the crowd frowned deeply, their faces showing nothing but disappointment.
Before anyone could say more, a piercing scream tore through the hallway, coming from the delivery room.
A nurse bolted out moments later, her face drained of all color. She was visibly shaken, her voice trembling as she cried out.
"Robert! The mother's blood pressure has plummeted! She’s fading fast—we might lose her!"
Robert’s eyes flickered with anxiety, but his tone was icy as he turned back to me.