q“Oh, so you've already thought this through?” Bruce seemed somewhat relieved to hear that from Charlotte. “Okay. I understand now.”

“Right now, he's playing Mr. Nacht. The rest of you just need to stay focused on your own responsibilities,” said Charlotte, cryptically. “I'll cue you in when the time is right.”

“Understood!” Bruce replied. “But do call on us anytime should things get too hot.”

“Got it. I'll let you go,” replied Charlotte before she hung up. Then, she turned to regard Raina. “Did you get all that?”

“Yeah...” Raina nodded. “The hospital's mine, so they'll take good care of Ben and Alpha even if I'm no longer there. I'm just worried that...”

Whatever she wanted to say next need not be explicitly articulated. It was apparent to Charlotte that the medical staff would defer to representatives from the Nacht family if any of them came by.

“Hard to say for certain.” Charlotte was in the opinion that there was nothing Chris and Jesse wouldn't do. “Do you have any other facilities to recommend?”

Raina said. “I can't guarantee whether the doctors will be able to treat Alpha, but Ben's condition will require Dr.

then?” That

may be from the Nacht family, my hospital isn't under their purview as there are other shareholders and government officials that we would need

nodded. “Stall a couple of days for Alpha's condition to stabilize, and then have her sent home

At the very least, they haven't proven themselves to be that brazen, to date. If nothing else, Alpha is Mr. Lindberg's

should still leave a few people here

to

gloves. “As Bruce put it, Ms. Lindberg, the two of

you!” That made Charlotte feel warm and fuzzy

Raina went off quickly.

Lindberg. Even though they won't dare to lay a finger on Alpha, Ben's from the Nacht family. Wouldn't it

time comes, we'll take Ben with us to Northridge.” Charlotte was absolutely decisive. “Ben's currently in a coma and isn't going to be a problem for them, so I expect that they aren't going to bother with him since they presently have more

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