Chapter 105:

Baker seemed bent on making her life difficult. Belinda knew that to him, only Kylee mattered. Whether she found happiness or languished in misery seemed entirely irrelevant to him.

When Lucas noticed the bitterness in Belinda’s expression, his brows furrowed slightly. His tone was calm but firm. “My dad wrote them a check for five hundred thousand. Medical expenses and a bribe to keep their mouths shut about the matter.”

Belinda’s eyes widened. “He did?”

She had not expected Harold to do that. For a moment, she was at a loss for words. The chill she had carried since that incident seemed to thaw. Warmth spread through her body, softening her heart.

Seeing her subtle smile, Lucas snorted in disdain.

emotions were really

The next day.

Plains General Hospital, Cardiac

high-risk elderly patient had been admitted to the hospital, and now, the team was

the Cardiac Surgery Department, began his explanation with a measured tone. “The patient, Larkin Beckett, is 85 years old. A year ago, during a routine check-up, a cardiac abnormality was discovered, and he was diagnosed with Type B aortic dissection. We performed surgery at that time to seal the tear in his artery using a stent. However, earlier this morning, he was rushed back to the hospital complaining of chest discomfort. His blood pressure had spiked to 190, and further tests

CT scan confirmed the involvement of the ascending aorta and the entire aortic arch. Additionally, a 5-centimeter aortic dissection aneurysm has developed. The

takes flight

in. The doctors exchanged uneasy glances, but no one spoke. Type A aortic dissection was infamously known as a “death sentence,” with a high mortality rate even under the best circumstances. For an 85-year-old patient with hypertension

suddenly asked, “Dr. Ortiz, if

to irk him, but seeing the anticipation in the room, he reluctantly answered, “Thirty… No,

response did little to ease the tension in the room. A forty percent success rate was far from ideal—too low for

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