The Missing Husband

Summary

“The patient is bleeding out. She’s dying. Where the hell is her husband? Didn’t I tell you to keep him on standby?”

I was about to make an excuse for Mark, to tell them he was a doctor, that he’d been called into the hospital for an emergency.

Then my phone lit up with a notification. It was a wedding photo, sent by Anna, Mark’s closest friend.

“Thanks for lending me Mark, sis ;)”

“Best 30th birthday ever! Don’t worry, we won’t actually consummate the marriage, lol.”

In the picture, Mark was kissing Anna’s cheek. Their entire tight-knit group of friends surrounded them, all of them…