"One. Hour." Lu Cheng interrupted, the two words falling like guillotine blades. Final. Absolute. Unquestionable.
A nurse rushed past, arms full of medical supplies, trying to navigate the chaos without becoming part of it. Madam Chen's grief-maddened mind latched onto her as a target, as someone who might have answers, as someone to blame. "YOU!" She grabbed the nurse's arm hard enough to bruise, hard enough that the woman cried out in pain and dropped half her supplies. "You were in the neonatal unit! You saw something! Tell me what happened to my grandson!"
"I don't, I don't know!" The nurse's voice was terrified, her eyes wide with fear as she tried to pull away from Madam Chen's grip. "I swear, I don't know! The baby was there one moment and then, and then there was light and..."
"LIAR!" Madam Chen shrieked, the word tearing out of her throat.
