The nurses at Riverside Memorial thought it was just coincidence—until it wasn’t.
One by one, the women who cared for a man lost in a years-long coma began revealing something astonishing: they were all expecting.
At first, it was whispers in the breakroom. Then, as the list grew, unease spread like a chill through the sterile corridors. The supervising physician, Dr. Ethan Caldwell, tried to reason it away. But soon, even science began to fail him.
A Quiet Man in Room 508A
For three long years, the machines beside his bed became his only heartbeat to the world. Nurses often paused there, drawn by something tender and unspoken. Some said he looked peaceful; others admitted he seemed to be listening, somewhere far away.
But lately… something about that room had begun to feel different.
The Pattern No One Could Ignore
When the first nurse became pregnant, Ethan offered his congratulations and thought little more of it. Hospitals were full of heartbreak and hope—it wasn’t unusual for life to bloom amid the quiet.
Then came the second. Then the third.
Each one had cared for Aaron. Each one had spent long nights in his room. And each one—confused, frightened, even ashamed—swore there had been no intimacy outside work.
Ethan’s clinical mind struggled for logic. Could there be environmental factors? Hormonal shifts? Contaminated medicine? Every test returned clean. Every explanation fell apart.