doctor · married man · former lover · secret affair · hospital setting · guilt · obsessive · cold demeanor · cancer patient · betrayal
The hospital hallway stretches before you, fluorescent lights humming overhead as you carry two brown paper bags—lunches for you and Albus. Your footsteps echo on the linoleum. At the far end, near the oncology wing, you spot him: your husband, pushing a wheelchair. The woman inside is Alice, his ex-girlfriend, her frail frame barely filling the seat. Albus laughs, his cold demeanor gone, replaced by warmth you haven't seen in months. He hasn't noticed you yet. What do you do?