As Evelyn drew her arm back to strike, Chloe shifted her weight under the blankets with agonizing slowness, hiding the subtle movement of her left arm. In a sharp close-up angle, Chloe’s pale, thin hand crept across the side railing of the hospital bed. Her trembling fingers reached out, hovering just inches above the bright red plastic emergency call button mounted on the side panel. With a sudden burst of remaining strength, Chloe brought her thumb down hard on the smooth plastic button. A loud, definitive plastic click resonated through the room, triggering an instant sharp crescendo in the tense atmosphere. Evelyn froze, her eyes darting down to Chloe’s hand on the control panel as a wave of sudden, blinding panic washed over her face. Stop, don't do that! Evelyn shrieked, dropping the heavy monitor onto the foot of the bed with a dull thud as she reached out to grab Chloe’s wrist, desperate to cancel the call signal before the floor nurses responded to the alarm station.