tronger, a mother' s fierce, protective rage. She flattened herself against the glass door of
im," she snarled, her v
n her tone. They were used to a tearful,
nted, his eyes scanning her. "The boss want
ng around, looking for an escape, for a weapon, fo
ace, stepped forward. "Look, lady, we can do this th
ing his hand away.
bbed her arm again, his grip lik
free hand, pulling out her phone and the f
he first thug said into a wa
ough, and then a voice. Liam
er way to th
ght. Says the kid is s
ibs. She could hear the muffled sound of Scarlett' s w
e came back, devo
can wait. I have a better i
e air, more brutal t
the
ve
her, confused. "Boss? You w
t like his mother. He has the same rare blood type, doesn't he? We
n; he saw him as a resource. A biological asset. A spare part for his mistress. The blood she had b
agony and madness. She launched herself at the
NOT TOUCH HIM!
desperate frenzy. But she was weak and malnourished. The s
dy! You're mak
the ICU door. Ava screamed, a
! Don't you dar
ing. An idea, a desperate, wi
at the door paused. "You work
ah,
ar. "Because I know something he doesn't want you to know. S
ght. What are you gonna do,
. But she's playing him. She's not sick. Her doctor is a fake. They're just blee
how obsessed Liam was with Scarlett,
g said, but there was a flick
demanding. She needs more money, more 'treatments.' She's getting sloppy. Ask him. Ask him right now if he's
ie-talkie. "Boss... the woman... she's saying some
hat's ridiculous! She's a delusional, lying bitch! I to
s, it's
OW!" Lia
order was clear. He tur
er. She h
rcom on the wall next to the door. A nurse insid
his voice thin and reedy
e was dead silence from Liam's end. For a single, stretch
The man at the door froze. Even through the static, the
n, his voice filled wit
alkie. It was a sound of conflict, of a man bein
all Ava
for an instant. She tore herself free, shoved the other thug against the wall, and burst through
rs, and slammed through the emergency exit into the stairwell. She ran down flight after
didn't stop running. She ran until her legs gave out, an
looking up at her, his big eyes ful
that one, single moment of choked silence. It wasn't love. It wasn't remorse. It
pity. Only a profou
out what to do next, she heard two nurses walk
nother emergency. They're prepping her for a transfusion
ity snapped back into place. He would never stop. He would hunt them down, not for lo