The nurse assigned to care for my comatose father had always seemed calm, collected, and professional—until the night everything changed. My father had been lying unconscious for three long weeks. The rhythmic beeping of the machines had become the soundtrack of my days and sleepless nights. I visited him daily, determined to protect him even when he couldn’t protect himself. That evening, I noticed something different—something unsettling. Teresa, his nurse, moved through the room with a strang