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Chapter 9 - The Race Against Time

I screamed in absolute agony as my husband's body hit the floor, but my maternal instincts forced my hand to close tightly around the glowing blue vial.

Julian tried to kick me away from the medicine, completely ignoring the dying man bleeding out on the concrete beside him.

Before Julian's heavy boot could connect with my ribs, Evelyn suddenly rose from the floor behind him with a furious battle cry.

She swung a heavy, solid steel fire extinguisher with all her remaining strength, smashing it directly into the back of the billionaire's skull.

Julian collapsed to the ground instantly, completely unconscious and neutralized by the brutal, unexpected blow from his own lawyer.

The two security guards hesitated for a fraction of a second, completely stunned by the sudden downfall of their powerful boss.

Evelyn threw the heavy extinguisher directly at the guards' legs and screamed for me to run with the baby as fast as I possibly could.

I scooped Ethan into my arms, clutching the life-saving vial to my chest, and sprinted blindly down the stadium's emergency exit corridor.

I burst through the double doors leading to the stadium's primary medical bay, where heavily equipped paramedics were treating injured fans.

I laid Ethan's completely unresponsive body onto an empty stretcher and shoved the glowing blue vial into the lead doctor's hands.

I screamed that it was the only experimental cure that could save him and begged the medical team to administer it immediately.

The seasoned doctor did not hesitate, quickly loading the glowing serum into a specialized syringe and injecting it directly into Ethan's central IV line.

We all stood back in agonizing, suffocating silence, watching the blue liquid slowly travel through the clear plastic tubing and enter his bloodstream.

I held Ethan's cold, frail hand tightly, praying to every higher power in the universe for the miracle medicine to finally work.

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For a terrifying, endless moment, absolutely nothing happened, and the color continued to rapidly drain from my son's beautiful face.

Suddenly, the heart monitor attached to his chest let out a continuous, piercing beep, drawing a straight, flat line across the digital screen.

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