I woke to the hospital’s antiseptic bite and the steady beep… beep… that proved I was still here. A nurse smiled. “Do you remember what happened?” I forced a weak blink. “No… nothing.” But my eyes locked on him in the doorway—calm, hands in pockets—like he’d come to check his work. He leaned closer and murmured, “Good. Keep it that way.” I smiled back, pretending to forget—while my fingers searched for the call button… and a way out.
I woke to the hospital’s antiseptic bite and the steady beep… beep… that proved I was still here. A nurse smiled. “Do you remember what happened?”I forced a weak blink. “No… nothing.” But my eyes locked on him in the doorway—calm, hands in pockets—like he’d come to check his work. Evan Cole. My business partner….