Chapter 37
At the break of dawn, the sky was still a muted gray. Athena was sleeping soundly when she heard her phone chime with a special notification: [Message from the hospital, please address urgently.] This was a custom notification she had set specifically for any updates from the hospital. The sound meant only one thing- something was wrong with her grandmother. Athena immediately opened her eyes, sat up, and reached for her phone on the bedside table.
The message from the nurse read: [Help Grandma, don't come back.]
Help
Grandma?
Don't come back?
Just as she pieced together the meaning, the message was retracted.
What was going on with the nurse? Even if there was an issue with Grandma, why wouldn't the nurse be straightforward
about
it?
No, something felt off.
The message was likely sent by her grandmother, using the nurse's phone in secret to avoid detection...
this realization, Athena switched on the light, quickly dressed, grabbed
quiet
at this hour, a quick call to the hospital's higher-ups ensured someone was there to
to see her.
herself. I had
that something happened to my grandmother, so I rushed over to check on her." The nurse smiled. "You're so caring, Miss Donovan. The old lady
go rest now. I'll stay with Grandma. I'll call you when
was more than willing to comply. "Thank you, Miss
nurse left, Athena closed the door and carefully examined her grandmother's eyes, mouth, and pulse. She also reviewed the latest medical readings, her expression growing serious. Recently, her grandmother's health indicators had been stable
laptop and accessed the surveillance footage from her grandmother's hospital room. A surge of shock and fury
had briefly left her phone unattended. In that moment,
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the frail woman reached for the phone, tapped out a
down.
with the moment Athena had received a mysterious text from the nurse. A chilling realization dawned on her: her grandmother didn't trust the nurse. Something was
slipped something into her grandmother's drink. She also witnessed Isaac and his family entering the
unfolded. She immediately demanded the
take this to the hospital
the footage. "My grandmother just woke up and
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