Life.
The doctors stood pale and speechless.
It hadn’t been a tumor.
The baby had been choking on a bead lodged in his airway, hidden beneath swelling.
The machines searched for disease.
Leo searched for something small and real.
Isabelle collapsed in tears — this time from relief — clutching her crying baby.
Richard slowly turned toward Leo.
In front of the entire medical team, the billionaire lowered his head.
“I had everything,” he said, voice shaking. “And I saw nothing. You saw what we missed. You saved my son.”
Leo shrugged slightly, wiping his hands on his worn jeans.
“I just looked carefully.”
Isabelle removed her gold watch and tried to hand it to him.
Leo stepped back.
