When we arrived at the military hospital, a tall figure appeared before
- me.
It was Simeon Hartman. He helped lower Cassidy’s hospital bed, his voice sharp and commanding, “Move, now!”
Seeing the people at his side, my tears spilled over. “Dr. Delmore, please, save my daughter!”
Ernest Delmore was a renowned battlefield surgeon–I recognized him from a photo with Ramon. If anyone could save Cassidy, it was him.
Ernest nodded without hes Purchase completed ide, the nurses helped Ernest into sterile scrubs and led him into the operating room. I stood outside, numb with fear.
Simeon guided me to a bench in the corridor, pressing a cup of warm tea into my hands. “Drink this, warm up a little.”
I cradled the steaming cup, the rising heat blurring my vision as I nodded hard, unable to stop the tears from falling again.
Simeon didn’t rest. He was everywhere–talking to orderlies, handling payments, picking up medicine, even quietly keeping an eye on Terence, who was still recovering from a fever.
Cassidy was so young that a pediatric specialist had to join the consultation.
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The surgery lasted a full 10 hours.
For those ten hours, I never left the hallway outside the operating
room.
Simeon stayed with me, handing me food and water, reminding me to keep up my strength, and sometimes sharing stories from college to distract me from my anxiety.
As Simeon gently brought up those memories long buried by the years, I was suddenly reminded that I’d once been a vibrant, proud young woman–not just the housekeeper I’d become after years of Ramon’s coldness and cruelty.
Ramon hadn’t always been so distant.
After we first got married,
me while I worked on
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research, making me midnig
He’d be the first to stand up for me whenever I was wronged.
He remembered every anniversary, always planning a surprise.
But in the end, Brittany was always the most important person in his heart.
Just before dawn, the operating room light finally went out.
Ernest emerged, tired but smiling. “The surgery was a success. The fractures in her tibia and arm are set and stabilized, the blood vessels reconnected, and there wasn’t much intracranial bleeding–nothing vital was damaged.
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“But you need to be careful. She’s so young, and the injury happened in the winter. The next stage is crucial. Keep her warm, don’t let her catch a cold, and don’t let her move around. Otherwise, she might end up with lasting problems.”
I nodded again and again, tears streaming down my face. “Thank you, Dr. Delmore. Thank you for saving my daughter!”
Ernest patted my shoulder. “If anything comes up, call me anytime.”
I nodded quickly–Cassidy’s life and her legs were safe now, and that was all that mattered.
From then on, I devoted myself completely to caring for Terence and Cassidy.
During the day, I washed Cassidy, gave her medicine, and massaged her joints.
At night, I stayed by her bedside, waking at the slightest sound.
My eyes burned red from exhaustion, but it was worth every second.
For years, I’d been so busy working to support the family that I’d never really been there as they grew up.
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