linic's waiting room vibrated against th

red. His fac

the driver over the phone. "

mira asked. The

said, staring straight

re wealth parting the cars. When they reached the hospital, th

lway. Doctors were shout

am. A security guard

mmanded, his voice cracking

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le

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od by the window, her face a mask of perfectly appli

The empty medication cup. And there, on the bedside table,

s chart at the foot

Digoxin and certain herbal stimulants c

ce was low, deadly calm. "Her heart isn't stopped. It's i

the lead doctor demand

It's oscillating at a frequency too high for your monito

dside. A guard gra

t for assault with the hospital board and the state medical licensing authority. Your name i

"Give me three minut

panicking. He looked at his mother, who

in her eyes. Ab

try," Ing

or shrieked. "A

sium sulfate and a vial of Digibind. Now. The magnesium will stabilize the cardiac

ctors

levels are likely through the roof from the supp

o action by her confidence,

her!" Eleanor

nt of his mother, blo

urned with the syringe and vial. Elmira di

first, slow push over two

rped, hesitated for a second, the

d as the heart rhyt

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le

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urned. Slow. W

nitor, his mouth open. "Sinus rh

purely intellectual. She slipped back into the shadows, lowerin

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