“What she did saved him,” he said.
“If you had waited, even a little longer, the outcome could have been very different.”
The silence that followed was different from before.
Not empty.
Heavy.
Later, Emily stood quietly, ready to leave.
“I should go,” she said.
But Marcus stopped her.
For the first time, he didn’t look like a man in control.
He looked like a father who had almost lost everything.
