Chapter 9 - Silence and Shadows
"We got the tumor," Dr. Aris said, and Elias let out a breath he felt he’d been holding for ten hours. "But," the doctor raised a hand, "there were complications. She lost a massive amount of blood. We had to clamp an artery longer than is safe. She’s stable, but we won't know the extent of the neurological impact until she wakes up."
When Elias finally saw her, she looked broken. Tubes ran from seemingly every part of her body. For two days, she drifted in and out of consciousness. When she finally opened her eyes and looked at Elias, there was a profound confusion in her gaze.
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"Hannah?" he whispered.
She tried to speak, but only a slight, garbled sound came out. She looked terrified. She tried to lift her right arm, but it lay completely motionless on the bed. A silent scream tore through her eyes. The prolonged clamping of the artery had caused a minor stroke during the surgery. The right side of her body was paralyzed.
