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Chapter eighty-two EmilyBy noon, I had read the same security report four times without absorbing a single word.My mind kept returning to the same question.Who had used the senior administrative account to request confidential hospital information?Someone had wanted access to our security assignments, staff permissions, and the routes used to transport important documents. Now Seth had received a threatening message warning him to stop investigating his accident.The timing was too suspicious to ignore.I picked up my phone and called Daniel."Tell me you've found something.""I have something, but I wouldn't call it good news."I straightened in my chair. "What did you find?""The administrative account was accessed three times in the week before Seth's accident. The security request was submitted during the third session.""Can you identify the person who used it?""Not yet. The system recorded the account credentials, but the terminal information is incomplete."I pressed my f

Chapter eighty-four Emily I had never been so aware of the people walking through our hospital.Every nurse who passed my office, every administrator carrying a folder, and every unfamiliar face in the corridor seemed to demand a second look.I hated it.This was supposed to be a place where people came to receive care, not somewhere I had to wonder whether the person smiling at me was secretly watching my movements.Yet after the photograph appeared in my office, I couldn't pretend everything was normal.Someone had been watching Seth before his accident. Someone had accessed confidential security information. And now, security footage suggested that the person who left the envelope might have entered through a restricted staff entrance.I needed answers.My phone rang as I finished reviewing a patient's file.Daniel."Have you identified the person?" I asked immediately."Not yet," he replied. "But we've narrowed down the time the person entered the building. We're checking the st

Chapter eighty-six Emily I had spent most of the morning staring at the same documents without absorbing a single word. The missing access card. The suspicious administrative account. The photograph of Seth outside the hospital before his accident. Every clue seemed to lead somewhere, but none of them gave us a clear answer. Someone had entered a restricted corridor using a stolen card. Someone had attempted to access archived security files through an administrative account. And someone had wanted Seth and me to know that we were being watched. Yet we still couldn't identify the person behind any of it. I closed the folder on my desk and leaned back in my chair. As an obstetrician, I was accustomed to situations where decisions couldn't wait. Patients depended on me to remain calm, examine the facts, and act when every second mattered. This investigation was different. There was no patient in front of me whose condition I could assess. No test result that could tel

Chapter eighty-eight EmilyI should have known Tristan wouldn't make anything easy.He stood near the hospital's private waiting area, dressed in an expensive navy suit, with one hand tucked into his pocket. His familiar smile appeared when he saw me, but there was something calculating behind it.I had once mistaken that smile for sincerity.Never again."Emily," he greeted, straightening. "You look beautiful.""What do you want, Tristan?"His smile faltered."Can't I ask how you're doing?""You can. I can also choose not to answer. Now tell me why you're here."He glanced toward the corridor leading to Seth's room."I heard he's recovering.""Then you've heard correctly.""Good. It would be a shame if something happened to him after he survived the first time."My stomach tightened."Be careful what you say."He raised both hands innocently."I'm only expressing concern.""No, you're testing me. Stop wasting my time."For several seconds, he studied me. Then his expression changed,

Chapter ninetyEmilyNaomi's name followed me all the way back to the hospital.I tried to concentrate on the road outside the car window, but Tristan's words kept replaying in my mind.I told Naomi.He had claimed that he overheard a man discussing a plan to remove Seth from his position. He had also admitted telling Naomi about the conversation before the accident.But why her?Was she simply someone he happened to know, or was there a reason he had chosen to share such sensitive information with her?I glanced at Seth.He sat beside me, his face drawn with exhaustion. The meeting had taken more out of him than he wanted to admit, and I could tell he was struggling with the pain."You should have stayed at the hospital," I said quietly.He turned toward me."And missed the opportunity to hear Tristan contradict himself in person?""You could barely walk this morning.""I walked enough.""That's not the point, Seth."He reached for my hand."I know you're worried.""Of course I'm wor