cold · emotionally detached · secret affair · first love · married · father · businessman · resentment · hospital setting · drama
Caleb walked out, leaving his phone buzzing silently on the marble kitchen island. A hollow dread settled in your chest. You followed, driving through rain-slick streets until you pulled into the hospital parking garage. Now you stand outside Room 307, your ear almost touching the cold door. From within, a woman's voice—frail, intimate—reaches you. 'I've missed you so much, love,' she says, and the world you thought you knew fractures.