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Framed Before the First Cut
Framed Before the First Cut
Auteur: Montsea123

Chapter 1

Auteur: Montsea123
I had been an emergency physician for almost ten years.

I had always valued my patients' lives more than my own.

So when the department called, I barely hesitated.

I immediately turned around and headed back.

But just as I was about to reach the emergency building entrance, floating comments suddenly appeared out of nowhere before my eyes.

I froze.

I shook my head and rubbed my eyes desperately, wondering if too many night shifts had finally broken my brain.

But the comments were still rolling steadily above my head.

[It's over. The moment you step into the operating room, they will announce the patient's death.]

[They are waiting for you to go in and become the scapegoat.]

[The entire operating room will cover for the hospital director's daughter, Olivia Hart, and accuse you of causing the patient's death through surgical error.]

[Be careful!]

My mouth fell open.

Olivia Hart had been my roommate for four years in medical school and my closest friend.

Why would she choose me as the scapegoat?

Countless questions spun through my mind, and for a moment, I had no idea what to do.

Just then, I heard passersby nearby discussing the accident at the intersection.

"Did you see it? A Bentley with 8888 plates drove straight into the river."

"The owner has already been sent into resuscitation. Must be someone important."

At that exact moment, my phone buzzed twice more.

It was Olivia.

"Evelyn, where are you? Hurry up!

"The pre-op prep is done. We are only waiting for you to scrub in!

"Move faster. I am waiting for you outside the operating room!"

Looking at those three urgent messages, my blood nearly froze.

Could there really be such a coincidence?

A patient with a powerful background.

Olivia urging me to hurry onto the table.

Once I calmed down and thought it through, this was supposed to be an ordinary emergency case.

There were so many on-duty doctors in the emergency department.

Why did they absolutely need me, a doctor who had just finished a night shift, to rush back for surgery?

The more I thought about it, the more believable the floating comments became.

Once I changed into scrubs, from that moment on, I would become a lamb waiting for slaughter.

The patient's death would all be pinned on me.

With every colleague testifying against me, there would be no way to clear my name.

I did not dare keep thinking about it.

The more I thought, the more a chill crawled up my spine.

I looked at Olivia's messages and did not reply immediately.

Almost ten minutes had passed since I received the notice.

A decision flashed through my mind.

Since the comments said I would be framed, then I would gamble on them.
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  • Framed Before the First Cut   Chapter 10

    My colleagues in the department were all deeply grateful to me for that.When I dragged my exhausted body home, it was already noon.The moment I slowly pushed open the door, the rich, warm smell of home-cooked food greeted me.A gentle warmth instantly wrapped around my whole body.My parents were sitting anxiously at the dining table, waiting for me.The moment they saw me come in, they both stood up at once.Their eyes first landed on the gauze on my head.Then their gazes froze on the cast on my right leg.My mother rushed over to me, her face full of shock and fear."Evelyn! What happened? What exactly happened to you? How did you end up like this?"Your father and I called you more than ten times, and you didn't pick up once. We were so scared we almost lost our minds. We were just about to go to the hospital to look for you."Seeing my parents' reddened eyes, all the grievance I had held in for half a day broke open in that moment.My nose stung sharply.I could no

  • Framed Before the First Cut   Chapter 9

    The ambulance footage showed the truth.When the severely injured patient was loaded into the ambulance, his condition was critical, but his vital signs were relatively stable.He was far from dead on arrival.It was Olivia who ignored every emergency worker's objections and acted on her own.She blindly administered a large dose of medication.Her operation was extremely nonstandard.It directly caused the patient's intracranial pressure to spike. On the way back to the hospital, the patient had already suffered brain death.The footage clearly recorded Olivia's panic at the time and the entire process of her calling Director Hart to discuss what to do.Every piece of evidence formed a perfect closed loop.The truth was revealed to the world.The real people who had treated human life like nothing were Olivia Hart and Hospital Director Theodore Hart.Looking at the complete and clear truth before them, the patient's family was filled with tangled emotions.They instantly r

  • Framed Before the First Cut   Chapter 8

    Since my school days, I had an unknown habit.After finishing the last character of my name, I would habitually add a tiny round dot at the end.It was an unconscious writing habit I had developed over many years.In daily signatures, my pen pressure was very light, and the dot was so faint it was almost invisible.I had never intentionally mentioned it to anyone.Even Olivia had never noticed.Her forged signature looked perfect at first glance, but it carried the most fatal flaw."These signatures are all fake. At the end of the name, they are missing the small dot that belongs only to my signature."Olivia's fingertips trembled violently. The panic in her eyes could no longer be hidden.She had never known I had this habit, and her composure instantly collapsed.To make the evidence undeniable, the officer immediately spoke in a deep voice."Retrieve every medical record Dr. Evelyn Doherty has signed in this hospital over the past three months for on-site verification and

  • Framed Before the First Cut   Chapter 7

    The noisy crowd instantly quieted.Everyone paused and turned to look at me.Behind the crowd, panic and guilt flashed through Olivia's eyes.She immediately stepped forward and scolded me loudly, trying to stir up the crowd again."Evelyn! The evidence is overwhelming. The witnesses and physical proof are all right here. Are you still trying to deny it and push responsibility away?"I did not waste any more words arguing.I raised my hand and yanked down my collar.My smooth, unmarked neck was exposed to everyone.There was not even the slightest trace of a red birthmark.Every word I said was clear and firm."Look carefully. I, Evelyn Doherty, have never had any red birthmark on my neck from childhood until now."But the person impersonating me in that video has a unique red birthmark on her neck. That person is clearly Olivia Hart!"The crowd erupted.The police officer immediately reacted to the flaw and stepped forward quickly.He grabbed Olivia, who was frantically

  • Framed Before the First Cut   Chapter 6

    The handwriting was neat, the strokes consistent.Even colleagues who had worked with me for years all agreed that it was my personal signature.At the same time, the nurses and doctors from the operating room all gave the same testimony."That's right! Dr. Doherty was the lead surgeon for the entire emergency resuscitation.""We were all in the operating room the whole time and saw it with our own eyes. That was Dr. Evelyn Doherty herself.""We do not know how she ended up in the shaft, but we have worked together for so many years. We would never mistake her for someone else."Flawless surveillance footage, a personal signature, and collective accusations from multiple medical staff members.The complete chain of evidence locked the blame firmly onto me.The public opinion that had nearly overturned a moment ago instantly reversed again.The crowd that had just fallen silent was ignited with fury once more.This time, their anger was even stronger than before.Meanwhile, I

  • Framed Before the First Cut   Chapter 5

    On the phone screen was the complete surveillance footage from the hospital entrance.There were no signs of editing or tampering.Every second of the video was hard evidence.The surveillance footage clearly recorded the timeline.At 9:00 a.m., I clocked out on time and walked out of the hospital gate.At 9:10, I received a call from the department outside the hospital entrance and hurriedly turned back.At 9:18, because of my negligence, I stepped into the uncovered shaft and fell straight down.For the long twenty minutes after that, I had no ability to rescue myself or leave.The police officer's gaze was cold as he swept it over the crowd.Then he spoke slowly, his voice loud and clear."According to the construction workers' emergency report and the rescue process, Dr. Evelyn Doherty was trapped in the shaft the entire time and had lost all ability to move."He emphasized each word."May I ask how someone trapped at the bottom of a shaft with a fractured right leg cou

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