Arthur Vance stood frozen near the doorway, his eyes wide with absolute shock and total wonder. He had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on the highest-rated medical specialists in the country, yet a simple home nurse in light green scrubs had accomplished the miracle in less than ten minutes. Tears streamed freely down Arthur's flushed cheeks, soaking into the fabric of his dark suit jacket.
Arthur Vance: He is... He is actually eating.
Hannah Reed: He was just starving, Arthur. And he was very, very tired.
Arthur Vance: None of the chief doctors could get him to swallow a single drop!
Hannah Reed: He was just waiting for someone to listen to him instead of treating him like an experiment.
Hannah felt tears stinging her own eyes as she looked down at the baby feeding so peacefully in her lap. She smiled through her soft tears, her heart swelling with deep professional pride and pure human sympathy. Tears rolled down her warm cheeks as she watched little Leo finish half the bottle without a single problem. She knew in her heart that the innocent child was going to survive.
Arthur could no longer control the wave of powerful emotion crashing over his body. His knees buckled under the weight of sheer relief, and he sank down onto his knees right beside the rocking chair on the wooden floor. He buried his wet face in his hands, weeping openly like a child, his shoulders shaking with heavy, emotional sobs that shook his tall frame.
Arthur Vance: Thank you so much... Oh God, thank you so much.
Hannah Reed: Take a breath, Mr. Vance. Your boy is going to be just fine now.
Arthur Vance: You saved my son's life when everyone else abandoned him!
Hannah Reed: I only did what any good nurse is trained to do.
Arthur Vance: No, you brought hope back into this terrible house!
Arthur pulled his hands away from his wet face and looked up at Hannah with intense, burning gratitude in his red eyes. He reached into his coat pocket with shaking fingers, pulling out his expensive leather checkbook and a heavy gold pen. He placed the checkbook on his knee, writing frantically with quick, sharp movements while his tears fell onto the paper.
Arthur Vance: I want to give you a one-thousand-dollar cash bonus right now, today.
Hannah Reed: Please put your pen away, sir.
Arthur Vance: And that is just the beginning! I will buy you a beautiful new house near the park!
Hannah Reed: Mr. Vance, stop. Look at me right now.