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.

by the circumstances, Elodie's pregnancy... had started

a slim chance of saving it, but Elodie had already scheduled the procedure. Now,

It meant―

would soon

operating room doors closed with

sign above the door, then pulled

and answered on the

Ms. Mercer at

was the first time Naylor had ever heard his cousin sound so tense, so desperate to reach a woman. He tamped down his curiosity. "Sure, I'll text it to you-sending

up

moment later,

Elias called Esmeralda.

told her something had

her house, driving as fast as

time she reached

corridor, she blurted out, "What happened to Elodie? Why was she taken into surgery all

"She... might not be

had barely left his mouth when frantic footsteps echoed down the

turned to see Jarrod striding toward them, still dusty