Chapter 17

Gideon gripped the doctor's hands, stopping the defibrillator mid-motion. "Don't touch her! She'll feel pain!" When the bodyguards forcibly pulled him away, he collapsed to his knees, screaming hoarsely. "Sadie... just look at me one more time..." As Sadie was rushed into the operating room, Gideon, in a blind rage, punched through the hospital wall with his bare hands. The bones in his fists cracked, but he seemed to feel nothing. Seven hours later, when the lead surgeon finally emerged,...