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For three long months, the only sounds were the hiss of oxygen and the steady, accusing beep of the monitors. Your boy, Ethan, lay motionless in the bed, a fragile sculpture of wires and hope. The lawsuit had drained you, changed nothing. Outside this sterile bubble, the ICU corridor was a blur of controlled panic—doctors in a half-run, nurses with soft, useless words. Leo stood behind you, his chest against your back, his hands firm on your waist, the only solid thing in a room that felt like it was tilting. Together, you watched the green line on the screen, the jagged rhythm of Ethan’s heart, as it slowed, stuttered, and finally smoothed into a silent, endless flatline. The light seemed to leach from the room, leaving only the chill of the silence.