The Hospital: 2025's absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist by A.G. Twist

Author:A.G. Twist [Twist, A.G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

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Mercy Hospital, New York

Floyd had finally made up his mind. It was a long shot, but now he felt good about it. “Identify all corpses now, in the field,” he told Dixon. “Don’t call me back without the names of the missing twenty-seven passengers.”

“But—”

“I will take responsibility.”

“What good will it serve me when you take the blame after my rescue team dies?” Dixon asked.

“They signed up for this,” Floyd said. “They know the drill. We all signed up for this.”

“You son of a bitch,” Dixon said. “Why don’t you get your fucking FBI ass down here and die with us, instead of nursing your fucked-up wife!”

Silence saturated the air after Dixon’s rant. Floyd wasn’t the type to burst out in rage. His steadiness and stability had made him the man he was today. This wasn’t the time to get back at Dixon and curse at him, nor was it the time to tell him about the three bullets Floyd took in the field, one close to his heart, to remind Dixon of the dangers he’d confronted throughout his career.

The one thing Floyd could fire back for was Dixon doubting the recovery of August—not that Floyd actually believed his wife would regain consciousness, but he didn’t want to hear it. In times when facts cut like a knife through him, hope was the steel shield under his skin. Hope, even false, made the world go on.

Floyd also considered Dixon’s dilemma. Many people signed up for jobs without imagining the consequences. Then, when the shit hit the fan, they folded under the pressure. Be it a doctor, a rescue team, or even a mother giving birth to a child, the responsibilities they eventually faced were the true test of life. Dixon didn’t have that. He’d been a victim of his ego, unable to live under the radar, saving lives every day without someone praising him in the news. Saving lives was the noblest job, yet the most underrated.

Floyd’s reply to Dixon was short and simple: “It’s an order, Dixon. God be with you.”

Dixon had hung up already, knowing how devoted Floyd was. The old man put his cell phone on the table, doubting himself for a moment. It’d always been like that when making a decision. People wanted to think that men like him were rock-solid-sure about their decisions. It was far from it. Each decision was usually a choice between two evils in Floyd’s world, including the option to pull the plug on his wife or not.

He stood up, walked over to his wife, and held her hand. He bowed down, planted a kiss on her cold forehead, and whispered, “Tell me I’m doing the right thing, August.”

When she was alive, August had said that his job wasn’t about saving many lives. Just one life was a victory. She’d concluded that saving lives wasn’t always feasible. In major accidents, people died. One saved brought hope back into the heart of the masses. That was all they needed.

Like always, August didn’t reply, assure him with calm words.

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