Haunted.
Everyone looked at him.
He took several seconds before speaking.
• “The baby responded after her intervention.”
Another silence.
This one heavier.
Because truth had entered the room now.
And truth changes everything.
Alejandro slowly removed his phone from his pocket without taking his eyes off the staff.
• “I want every camera recording preserved.”
No one moved.
His voice became colder.
Deadlier.
• “Now.”
A young resident suddenly spoke without meaning to.
• “The oxygen alarm was delayed…”
The hallway froze.
Alejandro turned slowly toward him.
• “What did you say?”
The resident immediately looked terrified.
But it was too late.
The truth had already escaped into the air.
And Mariana realized then—with horrifying certainty—that this night was no longer about a miracle.
It was about negligence.
About fear.
About people who had stopped trying too soon.
And as Alejandro Vargas stared at the trembling hospital staff with murder in his eyes…
everyone in that hallway understood that the real disaster was only beginning.
