Eight doctors struggle to save a dying baby—until a ragged boy points to the child’s neck and says something no one dares believe

be the wrong one, and that wrong decisions in this room had irreversible consequences.

“Let’s go back to the airway,” she said.

“We’ve been back to the airway twice,” said one of the other neonatologists.

“Then we’ll go back a third time.”

Outside, at the window, Leo was watching the baby’s neck.

Part Three: The Fixed Point

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