Chapter 11

Sebastian’s POV

I  didn’t remember the drive to the hospital. All I knew was the  anger sitting heavy in my heart. I walked straight through the lobby,  and requested to see  Dr. Rowan.

I knocked once and pushed the door open.

Dr. Rowan looked up from his computer, surprised.

“Sebastian? Is everything alright?”

“No,” I said, breathing hard. “I need you to check something for me. Right now.”

“Tell me what’s going on.”

“Seline confronted me this morning. She said she's aware of  the sperm freezing.”

The expression on his face changed.

“She said she destroyed them,” I added,

shaking with anger. “I need to know if she meant it.”

The doctor didn’t argue. Didn’t make excuses. 

He stepped out from behind his desk.

“Follow me.” He said.

We walked together down the long hallway to the cryo-storage room. I clenched my hands the  entire time.

Dr. Rowan typed a code into the cryo-storage room. The door unlocked with a soft beep.

We walked to the back wall where the tanks were lined up, silver and silent.

Dr. Rowan checked the log.

Checked the barcode.

Checked the vault.

Then he checked again.

And again.

I watched him as he repeatedly checked. 

The whole time he was checking. I was tensed.

“What? What are you seeing?”

Dr.Rowan finally turned around.

His face was pale.

“Sebastian…” he said quietly. “Your vials… they’re not here.”

“What do you mean not here? That doesn’t make sense.”

He opened another compartment, double-checking. Then another.

Empty.

“This isn’t possible,” Rowan said, shaking his head like he was trying to force the truth away.

“Your record is here, but no vials matching the record.”

“How is that possible?”

“Everything is recorded. Every entry. Every removal. There should be no way anyone accessed this without authorization.” He said.

“But someone did,” I said, “Someone got in and accessed it without authorization.”

The doctor  stared at the empty slot where the vials should have been.

“I’m… so sorry,” he whispered. “This is a serious breach. I don’t even know how this happened. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

I took a step back. My hands felt numb.

“So that’s it?” I asked, barely getting the words out. “There’s nothing left?”

The doctor lowered his head.

“No. All stored samples are gone.”

For a long moment, neither of us spoke.

My throat went dry. Those missing  vials are a lifeline I was  hanging on. 

And now they are gone. Taken without doctors knowledge.

I closed my eyes, forcing myself to breathe.

“Sebastian, I swear on my license, I did not approve this. I did not disclose anything to anyone. I’ll open a full investigation immediately.”

The doctor stepped closer. “I know this is devastating. If there is anything I can do”

I walked out of the storage room before the doctor could say another word.

My footsteps echoed all the way down the hall.

I felt rage, anger and disappointment. Something I wasn’t used to feeling.

Powerless.

I didn’t make it far from the cryo-storage room when Dr. Rowan hurried after me.

“Sebastian, wait,” he called, slightly breathless.

“This is a serious breach,” he said, catching up. “I’ve already called security to pull the CCTV footage. And I’m alerting the clinic board. This won’t be swept aside.”

I finally looked at him. My eyes were cold.

“You’re damn right it won’t.”

“And every staff member with access to storage records will be questioned today.”

“I want names.”

“And you’ll have them,” Rowan answered immediately. “Anyone who entered that room for the past year, anyone who logged into the system, every single person will be pulled in.”

It was the first time all morning that I felt relieved. 

“Check the cameras. If anyone touched that vault, I want to know.”

“We’re doing that now,” the doctor assured me. “Security is downloading the footage.”

“And if I find out someone sold me out… someone leaked my private medical procedure… someone removed my vials… I’ll sue this entire building to the ground.”

“I understand. And honestly… I would too.”

A nurse walked by, eyes wide, sensing something serious. Rowan turned and lowered his voice.

“Sebastian, please. Give me time to gather everything. I’ll personally call you once we have the footage and access logs.”

I walked past him toward the exit. Without looking back.

The meeting with the doctor had drained every strength In me and left me more frustrated than I expected. No vial. No answers. No explanation. Only an investigation that would take some time.

All I wanted was to just get in the car, drive until my mind stopped screaming.

But as I pushed the glass doors open, a shout came through the entrance.

“Doctor, where is the doctor?”

Lily burst through the doors, breathless, hair wild, eyes swollen with panic. Behind her, a paramedic wheeled in a stretcher and on it.

Zara.

Unconscious.

I felt confused.

“Lily?” I called, but she didn’t hear me at first. She was too busy waving frantically at the nurses.

“She’s seizing! She needs a doctor now!” she said to one of the nurses.

“Lily, what's going on?” I asked?

“It’s Zara, she collapsed, her blood pressure shot up and she started shaking now she’s not waking up.”

I didn’t wait for her to finish. My focus locked on Zara’s limp hand sliding off the stretcher. A nurse tucked it back under the blanket as they pushed her through the hallway.

A strange force hit me.

Fear gripped me.

I pushed forward. “Move her now! Don’t waste time!” my voice echoed down the corridor, and the staff immediately picked up speed.

Doctor Lennox came in hurriedly.

“Move her  straight to the emergency OB,” doctor said. “She’s full term and seizing. Move her quickly.

“Prep OR 3! Call neonatal! Blood pressure 190. Possible eclampsia!” the doctor said as they moved.

Lily choked on a sob. “She was fine this morning. she called complaining of headache, I told her to rest. Till her mom called me to rush down that she did not understand how she was behaving.

 “Tell me everything later. Right now, stay with me.”

We both rushed after the stretcher.

Zara’s head jerked, her body stiff with another seizure. A nurse held her still while the doctor barked orders.

“Magnesium sulfate, now!”

Lily covered her mouth, trembling. 

This can't be happening. Not her. Not now.