This chapter is told from Graham’s POV.
In surgery, timing is everything. You can clamp the artery, start compressions, call for backup—But if you hesitate, just for a second… it’s over.
They say distance keeps you focused. That you can’t get too close.
But no textbook prepares you for the moment you realize—you weren’t protecting the patient.
You were protecting yourself.
And in the end?
All you’re left with is the silence.
And the chart.