CHAPTER FOUR: KILL HER INSTEAD!

“We still have to conduct some test but from what we can see, your daughter will be alright Mr. Crown,” The president of the hospital, interrupted the lower-rank consultant.

The consultant stared in confusion because that was not what was happening… not at all, he had hurried there to inform Mr. Crown that his daughter's vitals was getting weaker and they would be to conduct a very high risk surgery to give her a fighting chance.

He had hurried there to relay the horrible news that Melanie might not survive, that the chances of her surviving the surgery that was meant to keep her alive was very slim so he was just as shocked at Mr. Crown at the president's words.

“She's in great hands, Mr. Crown. Your daughter will be good as new in no time,” the hospital's president said to the wealthy billionaire as he rapidly pulled the consultant away.

“What were you about to say to him?!” The president fumed at the lower-ranked doctor when they were a distance away from Mr. Frederick.

He seized the doctor by his collar.

“Were you really going to tell him that his daughter is about to die?! Are you crazy?!” The president yelled.

“B…but sir,” the doctor stuttered.

“Shut up!” His superior paced the length of the hallway. “We have to fix this! Oh fuck! He is going to have our heads if anything happens to his daughter!” The agitation in his voice was hard to miss, this caused the lower-rank doctor to keep his mouth shut in order to avoid retribution.

As if struck by a bright idea, the hospital's president stopped his pacing.

He stared the doctor straight in his face without saying anything.

“Simon, what about the other victim? Ava Smith, is that her name? I don't really care. How is she doing? Is she responding to treatment?” The president asked abruptly.

Simon wondered what the other victim had to do with anything but he answered anyway.

“Uhh, she's actually getting better. She is expected to make a full recovery soon,” he said utterly confused.

“It would have been better if she was the one getting worse. She's a nobody, it would have been much easier for us to move passed her death…it probably still is,” the president said deep in thoughts.

“Simon, announce to what her name again? Yes! Ava's Husband that his wife had died,” the hospital's president said 

“Draft out the death certificate, forge a time of death, carry out all the necessary documentation and then report back to me,” he added and walking away, leaving Simon more confused than he had been earlier.

“But she's still alive,” he said even the president was nowhere near earshot.

He had a choice to make, telling the victim's husband that she had died even though she was still alive and getting better in the ICU could mean selling his soul to a metaphorical devil.

The devil in this case was his boss, the man that signs the checks that keeps his family off the street, the reason why he had won multiple awards as a surgeon.

The hospital was the best in the country, unfortunately, it was being controlled by a seasoned manipulator who would stop at nothing to keep the hospital's records squeaky clean.

Simon knew that disobeying the president's command could lead to his license being suspended as the man had a lot of connections in the national medical board and he knew that the vindictive owner would do everything to make his life s living hell for disobeying him.

Simon also knew that telling Mr. Crown that his precious Melanie had died could bring severe threats to his practice because the billionaire was also well connected.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place, the lower rank doctor decided to trample on the poor and helpless as any powerful man in his position would have.

The decision was easy… Ian, Ava's Husband would have to be the one to bear the bad new and carry the rude.

He is poor and powerless, he would never be able to get back at the power who have wronged him.

“I'm sorry Mr. Smith, your wife Ava is dead,” Simon said to Ian after getting into the safety of his office.