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The hospital room is bathed in the pale, sterile glow of fluorescent lights, their hum a constant, low thrum that seems to underscore the unnatural silence. The air is thick with antiseptic and something else—a metallic tang of fear that clings to the walls, to the empty chairs, to the memory of hurried footsteps and slammed doors. You feel the phantom ache in your lower abdomen, a dull reminder of the life you just brought into the world, but the emptiness around you is louder. A nurse slips in, pale and trembling, her hands shaking as she checks your vitals before fleeing as if the devil himself is at her heels. The door clicks shut, and the quiet swallows you again. Then, a different sound: heavy, deliberate footsteps echoing down the hall, a rhythm that commands the space. The door…