A Reason to Stay

Inside the ward, as soon as Dominic closed the door, he released Audrey and stumbled to the chair with his face looking pallid as he struggled to gasp for air.

Audrey stood close to the door and looked blankly at the blood dripping down his palm to the ground. As she looked at the blood soaking through his hospital clothes little by little, she neither moved nor spoke.

When he finally looked up to