Set Up to Fail
"The patient arrived too late. There's no point continuing the rescue. Let's notify the family and record the time of death."
After saying that, I walked out of the operating room.
But instead of returning to my office, I went to the doctors' lounge.
"He never performed the surgery, so he shouldn't go to prison now, right?"
"It won't matter. The trap was already set! Oh my God, I want to tell him the truth so badly, but I can't!"
"Malcolm will come to the hospital tomorrow morning and make a huge scene. By then, the truth won't matter anymore. After George's hand is broken, his father-in-law will show up with the police and accuse him of operating while drunk. There's no way he'll escape!"