Chapter 9 - The Assassin in the Shadows
Marcus and I dove violently onto the floor as a second bullet embedded itself into the drywall behind us.
The money-laundering syndicate had tracked my location and sent a professional cleaner to silence me.
Hospital emergency alarms began blaring loudly throughout the entire building.
Armed hospital security guards rushed down the hallway with their weapons drawn.
The assassin retreated quickly into the dark shadows outside, realizing the hospital was far too heavily fortified.
Marcus immediately made a phone call to hire a private tactical security team to lock down the entire pediatric wing.
I crawled on my hands and knees back into the intensive care unit to check on Ethan.
He was sleeping peacefully in his incubator, completely unaware of the chaos unfolding around him.
I sat in a chair beside him and held his tiny hand tightly in mine for the rest of the night.
By morning, the local news channels were reporting that David and Theresa were sitting in a federal detention center without bail.
The syndicate's money was permanently gone, and David would be answering to the cartel when he arrived in prison.
I had systematically dismantled my treacherous husband's entire life in less than twelve hours.
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I finally allowed my exhausted body to exhale and relax into the hospital chair.
I truly believed the nightmare was entirely behind us.
