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Pulled Off Balance

Author: Meso_faith
last update publish date: 2026-01-16 19:10:28

The car slowed to a stop in front of the hospital's emergency entrance, the red lights washing over the windshield.

Anna was already reaching for the door before the engine died off.

Jason's hand on her arm stopped her. She turned to him, her finger still on the door handle—he had a puzzled look on his face.

“You good?” he asked.

“Yeah,” she answered, not meeting his eyes. “Yeah… I'll see you later. Bye.”

She opened the door before he could say anything else and got out.

He watched her disa
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    Jason sat behind his desk, the morning light cutting through the blinds in sharp lines across the polished surface. It had been a day since he'd initiated the quiet investigation, and had managed to keep the investigators focused and discreet overnight.His phone lay face down, notifications muted, but the investigator’s updates had already arrived on his tablet. USB logs, device checks, two flashed exports of the hospital clip from the nurse station—one from Dr. Mitchell, the other from an intern. His brows furrowed at the lack of anything incriminating in Dr. Mitchell's ersonal office computer. One of them had gone too far—and just yesterday, Jason would've been willing to place his cards on the attending. Now, he wasn’t so sure.There was still the issue of the burner email and Dr. Mitchell's name on it, but anyone would've easily framed that. Just like she'd mentioned yesterday. But still, not the intern. She had no motive to sabotage Anna. Except if the intern was more affect

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