Pregnant wife dies during childbirth. The in-laws and the mistress celebrate until the doctor softly reveals:

Pregnant wife dies during childbirth. The in-laws and the mistress celebrate until the doctor softly reveals:

The first thing Laura Whitman noticed after giving birth was that she could hear everything.

She could hear the steady beep of the heart monitor, the soft squeak of the nurses’ shoes on the polished floor, and the low, satisfied chuckle of her husband, Ethan Ross, standing by her hospital bed. What she couldn’t do, no matter how hard she tried, was move, speak, or open her eyes.