Ding.
Limping out into the clinical environment, the sanitised smell of bleach was oddly endearing to Brianna. She hadn't even fully entered the hallway when a male doctor almost bumped into her.
He paused, taking in her face, then turned his attention to the nurse standing next to her. He only offered a nod, but he wore an expression mixed with pity and disgust, which he hastily got rid of by making himself scarce.
Brianna came to a conclusion that his look was for his own battle for not saving a life. She followed his retreating figure and the way he turned back at each step.
It was only then she realized she hadn't even asked the cause of Lucian's death.
Turning to the nurse, "Can you tell me how—"
However, she was cut off when the nurse suddenly broke down in a messy painful sob, covering face with shaking hands.
The sight of her ex-boyfriend's cold departure was the final blow.
