Every single one shared the same biological father.
The man who hadn’t opened his eyes in three years.
He sent the samples to two more labs. The answers didn’t change.
Science had spoken—and made no sense at all.
The Secret Beneath the Surface
When the story leaked to the press, chaos followed.
“The Mystery of Room 508A” exploded across headlines. Some called it a miracle. Others demanded investigations, justice, and truth.
Ethan refused to believe in miracles. He believed in cause and effect.
And cause, he would find.
Weeks of sleepless investigation later, a trail emerged—quiet, calculated, and chillingly human.
Access logs. Mislabeled samples. Unauthorized lab entries.
And one name: Thomas Avery, a former nurse who’d left Riverside a year earlier.
Thomas had once assisted with a clinical trial on fertility preservation for trauma patients. He’d collected and stored genetic samples, including Aaron’s—without full authorization. When the funding ended, he continued his work secretly.
When confronted, Thomas broke.
“I just… wanted to prove Aaron was still alive somehow,” he sobbed. “I thought it would mean something… if part of him lived.”
After the Storm
The revelation shattered everything. Lawsuits flooded in. Thomas was charged with multiple felonies. The hospital’s reputation crumbled.
Ethan watched the fallout with hollow eyes. His faith in science—once unshakable—felt tainted by what had been done under its name.
As for Aaron, weeks later, his eyelids fluttered open for the first time. The world met him with a mixture of awe and sorrow.
He would never know what had happened in the years he’d slept. And perhaps it was better that way. Continue reading…
