How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 681

The staff over in Obstetrics moved quickly. Elias barely had time to catch his breath after carrying Elodie into the operating suite and making sure she was settled.

He noticed the IV still taped to her arm. Pulling it out carefully, he pressed a cotton swab to the spot. Most of the medication was still in the syringe-it hadn't all been administered. That was probably the root of Elodie's problem.

Clutching the syringe, he stepped into the corridor just as two foreign doctors hurried toward him, arriving even faster than he'd expected.

This private hospital was renowned worldwide, famous for its discretion. Most patients here were either wealthy or influential, and the facility routinely employed top international specialists.

Now, Elodie was an emergency.

Every available doctor was being pulled in.

Elias didn't know either of these doctors personally, but they'd already finished scrubbing in.

Just as he was about to leave, he paused and glanced back at them. "The specialist this patient booked-she's not available today?"

He spoke in English.

One of the doctors nodded, "She needs an urgent procedure-everyone else is tied up, but don't worry. It's a straightforward operation."

Elias didn't bother to explain that Elodie's was a sudden complication, not a routine case. He just stepped out.

Elodie's pregnancy... had started

but Elodie had already scheduled the procedure.

It meant―

would soon be

operating room doors closed with a soft

above the door, then pulled out his phone and dialed

and answered on the first ring. "Hey, man! Off early

for Ms. Mercer at

time Naylor had ever heard his cousin sound so tense, so desperate to reach a woman.

hung up before he

moment later, the number

Elias called Esmeralda.

told her something had happened to

of her house, driving as fast as she

time

but she barely noticed. Racing up the corridor, she blurted out, "What happened to Elodie? Why was she taken into surgery

pressing his lips together. "She... might

barely left his mouth when frantic footsteps echoed down

to see Jarrod striding toward them,