A Losing Gamble

The nurse glanced at Valerie hesitantly. Seeing that Valerie didn't respond, she didn't ask any more questions and let Declan push the bed back to the ward.

Along the way, Declan pushed slowly and steadily, carefully controlling the rhythm, so that the gurney did not shake at all.

When the gurney was pushed back to the ward, the nurse couldn't help looking at Declan in confusion. She thought that