on one side of the table, a glass of water in front of her. Ja

er tablet. He watched her scroll through

missive, a shadow flitting through the halls of his estate. This Kail

e tumor is aggressive," she

rward. "Then n

ition is this: the surgery must be p

z Clinic has the best private suites in

ype of glioblastoma, we need real-time imaging to ensure complete resection. If we leave even a mi

ble. "And my team is here. I trust

ated that she was setting the terms. "I'll buy th

asquez," Kailey said, her voic

of this hospital. My contract prohibits me from performing non-emergency surgeri

ortantly, I only operate where the patient has the best chanc

his. No one denied him. But beneath the anger, a grudging respect fli

he asked, his voic

t here," Kailey said. "Those are my ter

the tablet, darkening the scr

ng for a crack. He found no

e clinic, getting weaker by the day. He tho

abruptly his chair scraped the f

stormed out of the room, lettin

ack down, her fingers tapping a steady