e pushed open the heavy fire door an

cold air fill her lungs, washing a

y, encrypted phone began to vibrate.

moment the phone touched her ear, the angry ex-wife

," she

. It's Hector Ruiz. Patriarch of the Ruiz cartel. His heart wall ruptured ten minutes ago. Every top

s. The Ruiz family controlled a massive chunk of the g

act leverage she needed to crush Cindy's backers

"Prep the highest-level sterile

she pushed the stairwell door open, her aura had complet

connecting the standard hospital to th

e private elevator bank an

ut. The brushed ste

ked directly into the dark, f

r of the elevator. He had le

es in his face tightened. A crue

h arrogance. "You talk a big game about leaving, but here yo

xaggerated, so full of genuine contempt, t

ed into the elevator, turned her

took a step forward, closing the distance

sychological games," he warned

at pocket. She pulled out a soli

gh. "You think you can just go up? The top floor is a restric

the machine to reject her, wait

k card against the sca

the small space. The

loor. The button lit up with a bright red halo. The ele

, replaced by a look of absolute, staggering shock. Hi

ssed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes, treating the bi