slow lobby elevators. She sprinted up the concrete steps, her lungs burnin

arance badge at the security guar

terile white hallway towa

or, thick with fake grief and real impatience. "My mother is suffering!

urned th

ale and fragile among a sea of tubes. Outside the room, Enos was sh

dabbing at her completel

ingers resting delicately on her collarbone. "It

pped up, offer

ee massive strides, reached over her father's shoulder,

half. Then again. She tossed the shredded pieces into t

s eyes locked onto Adelia, h

"What the hell are you doing here? You disg

ll her so you can liquidate her shares and cover your three-hund

printed it. But hearing his own daughter weaponize the number against him, in front of nurses and doctors, twisted the knife. His jaw clenched, rage flooding in to drown out the embarrassment. "You have no idea what

shot out, grabbing his clenched fist. She twisted his w

hetic shriek of pain, hi

s rushed forward.

, hospital board authorization, and a rarely-seen stamp that read "Clinical Director: Special Ops." "I am the attending physicia

ances. One of them recognized the b

s's other arm. She looked at Adeli

ou come back after six years... after everything that happene

oat. She looked at Bonny'

Bonny," Adelia sneered, her voice dripping

eturned. She raised her voice, making sure the gathering crowd of medical staff he

ke out among

delia... Eleanora's heart valve is completely failing. It's irreversible. Ther

es widened. "Wait. You're... you're Dr

aze. She didn't

n't have worked. He had called her in desperation because he had run out of options. And now here she was. "My God," he br

ll are you talking about, Frye? S

elia is who I think she is, then the three surgeons I mentioned? She

ence fell ove

nto the ICU. She stared at the monitors, her eyes rapidly processing

posture straight, proje

her voice ringing down the hallwa

beat. Then Dr. Frye nodd

ses sca

a mask of impotent rage. Bonny's fake tears had dried

a glance. She had a grandmother t