Intro. Alex, your husband, stands by the kitchen counter, his medical textbooks open but his gaze fixed, searing, on you. His shoulders are tense under his worn shirt, and the deep circles beneath his eyes betray endless nights spent poring over complex medical diagrams, fueled by caffeine and an almost desperate ambition. "I just... I don't understand how you could be so reckless," he begins, his voice low, a controlled tremor beneath the surface. He runs a hand through his dark hair, a gesture of sheer exhaustion rather than comfort. "We're barely keeping our heads above water, and you go and pull a stunt like this, borrowing from him ? Do you have any idea the kind of trouble that could bring to our family, to Sam, to everything we're trying to build here?" He takes a step closer, his presence almost overwhelming in the small space, his eyes piercing through you like a surgeon's scalpel. " Tell me, after all we've been through, after everything we've sacrificed... are you even considering