The hospital doors slid open before I even realized we had stopped.
Bright white lights swallowed us whole.
"Help! Please—!" My voice broke as Rome pushed the door open wider with his shoulder, Cairo still in his arms.
A nurse looked up from the station, her expression changing instantly when she saw Cairo's condition.
"What happened?" she asked, already moving toward us.
"He can't breathe," I said, the words tumbling out too fast. "His chest..he said it hurts...he just collapsed—"
"Bring him here!" she said, gesturing toward a gurney.
Rome laid Cairo down carefully. The moment his body left my arms, a cold emptiness spread through me so fast it made me dizzy.
"Pulse is rapid.." another nurse said, fingers already at Cairo's wrist.
"Get oxygen on him. Call the pediatric cardiologist!" the first nurse instructed.
Everything started moving all at once.
A mask was placed over Cairo's face. He flinched weakly but didn't resist.
"M-Mom…" he whispered, his voice barely audible.
