Chapter 1037:

The feeling was sharp, almost aggressive, as if someone’s gaze was pressing into her back.

She stopped short of stepping into the open elevator and turned abruptly. The corridor was quiet. A nurse was approaching slowly, pushing a medical cart stocked with visible supplies: alcohol, iodine, cotton swabs. Everything seemed routine.

The nurse’s face was hidden beneath a mask and cap, but the gray strands of hair peeking out marked her as middle-aged.

Her head remained lowered, focused on the clipboard in her hands. Occasionally, she glanced up at the room numbers, giving no indication that she had noticed Carrie at all.

But Carrie wasn’t reassured. If anything, her instincts sharpened. Her grip tightened.

The unease she’d felt moments ago hadn’t been imagined.

where she stood, the elevator was the only way out. If the nurse didn’t enter one of the nearby rooms, she’d have

wait. She had no intention of stepping into

Carrie would let it go and take the next one. But if she entered the final room, then Carrie could

alone or

Kristopher’s people were still around, after all. He might have been misled by

a

cart-pushing woman. She tapped her

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grabbed the wrong medication. Come

stood frozen for a beat, then turned. Her head angled slightly toward Carrie, just enough to make it unclear whether she was responding to her colleague or

can’t be careless like this.”

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