The commotion in the room prompted the nurses on duty to rush to the room, even as Bernard was thinking of pressing the buzzer for them. The crazed look in Marissa's eyes broke his heart more than anything he could remember.

"Marissa, please," he pleaded with her, thinking of ways to calm her down before she could cause serious damage to herself.

"Get away from me, I say!" Marissa shrieked.

"My child, where is my child?" She spotted the two nurses at the door as they rushed in. "Nurse, where is my child?" She shouted as she flung her hand aside, dislodging the IV in her hand.

The nurses rushed...