Chapter 5 - The Snake in the Grass
The sudden closing of the office doors sent a paralyzing shockwave of pure terror straight down my spine.
The bright overhead lights flicked on, blinding me for a split second as I desperately tried to adjust my vision.
Chloe, the Chief of Surgery's beautiful and arrogant daughter, was sitting in a leather armchair with a smirk on her face.
She casually swirled a glass of red wine, completely unsurprised by our midnight intrusion.
Chloe laughed softly and told me that Nathan had warned her I might be crazy enough to try something like this.
She admitted that she knew all about Nathan's fake scholarship, the stolen research, and the fraudulent loans in my name.
She did not care that Nathan was a monster, because her powerful father needed a puppet to take over the hospital's illegal billing scheme.
Chloe explained that the botched surgeries were just the tip of the iceberg in a massive insurance fraud conspiracy.
She reached into the desk drawer and pulled out the original, handwritten surgical logs we had come to find.
Instead of hiding them, she held a silver lighter beneath the thick stack of papers and sparked the flame.
I lunged forward to stop her, but two massive private security guards stepped out from the shadows and pinned me to the floor.
Marcus tried to fight them off, but a brutal punch to the stomach brought him to his knees right beside me.
I watched in absolute agony as the only physical evidence of my stolen research and Nathan's malpractice burned into a pile of useless gray ash.
Chloe finished her wine and instructed the guards to tie us to the heavy metal chairs in the corner of the room.
She smiled sweetly, informing us that the police were already on their way to arrest two dangerous burglars who had attacked her in her own home.
As the distant wail of police sirens began to echo through the affluent neighborhood, my situation seemed completely hopeless.
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Then, the private security guard standing directly behind Chloe suddenly pulled out a specialized syringe.
He plunged the needle into Chloe's neck, catching her completely off guard as she instantly collapsed into a deep, drug-induced sleep.
