*Breaking point*

The suffocating silence stretched so thick in the ward, it was ready to stab if it snapped. She felt unsteady, like the floor beneath her had suddenly shifted, like the world had tilted and she couldn't grasp how.

"The treatment is wasting money, and it’s not even working. Go back to the regular treatment." Don Antonio replied nonchalantly.

She stared at him, barely able to comprehend what she’d just heard. Her throat felt tight, burning with unspoken fury and ...