part 5
PART 5
Julian entered the room smiling.
That was the most terrifying part.
He saw Victoria beside Chloe.
Saw the gown slipping.
Saw the bruises exposed.
Saw Nurse Lorraine near the wall.
Saw the police officers just outside the glass.
And he smiled like the room had made an administrative mistake.
“Victoria.”
His voice was warm.
Controlled.
Insulting.
“No one told me you had arrived.”
Victoria did not answer.
She was still looking at Chloe’s back.
At the boot mark.
At the ribs.
At the old yellow bruises.
Chloe whispered, “He said no one would believe me.”
Julian’s smile tightened.
“Chloe is exhausted.”
“She had a panic episode.”
Victoria slowly turned.
“Did the floor do that to her?”
Julian’s eyes flashed.
Only once.
Then the surgeon returned.
“She fell in the bathroom.”
Lorraine said quietly, “She did not.”
Julian looked at her with such cold rage that two executives behind the glass stepped back.
“You are relieved from this case.”
Victoria said, “No.”
Julian blinked.
“She is my nurse.”
“No.”
Victoria stepped forward.
“She is my employee.”
For the first time, Julian’s mask cracked.
“This is my hospital.”
Victoria’s face did not move.
That was when Chloe began crying harder.
“Mom, please…”
Victoria turned back to her.
Chloe gripped the sheet.
“He said I’d never wake up after the C-section.”
The room stopped.
Even the monitors seemed louder.
Julian lunged.
Not at Chloe.
At the chart.
Lorraine grabbed the folder first.
A police officer stepped in.
Julian shouted, “That is confidential medical information.”
Victoria said, “It is evidence.”
He pointed at her.
“You have no authority here.”
Victoria lifted her phone.
“Elliot.”
Her corporate counsel answered on speaker.
“Proceeding.”
Victoria’s voice was ice.
“Activate emergency suspension of Dr. Julian Thorne.”
Julian stared.
“You can’t.”
“Remove his surgical privileges.”
“What?”
“Freeze his administrative access.”
His face drained.
“Victoria.”
“And alert the board that the founding trustee is taking direct control of the VIP maternity clinic.”
The executives behind the glass began moving at once.
Phones appeared.
Whispers spread.
Julian twisted against the officer’s grip.
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