The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Vivienne was taken aback.

This was something she had not anticipated.

When she had left the Ellington estate, everything seemed fine.

Fiona had been the picture of health, her cheeks flushed with life, showing no signs of organ failure.

“I reckon someone will give you a call,” Percival spoke through sobs, which Vivienne guessed belonged to Heloise.

Vivienne reassured him calmly, “Don’t worry.”

With a brief acknowledgment, they ended the call.

Vivienne lay on her bed, but her phone buzzed to life before long.

It was Flynn.

“Vivienne, it’s Flynn, Percival’s uncle. I hate to bother you this late, but could you come to the hospital? It’s Fiona… She’s on her last legs.”

Vivienne raised an eyebrow, a lazy smirk playing on her lips as she rested a hand on her temple. “What’s the trouble?”

“Fiona’s got complete organ failure. The family told me it was you who brought my dad back from the brink. Could you please come and work your magic on Fiona? Let bygones be bygones and help us save her, will you?”

Hearing Flynn’s choked-up voice, Vivienne’s smile widened. “Alright! I’m on my way.”

Flynn exhaled a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Vivienne, thank you.”

Vivienne chuckled, “No sweat. You’re Mr. Wolf’s most respected uncle.”

fell silent on the other end as if catching the hidden meaning in

Twenty minutes later.

to

he draped his trench coat over her shoulders. “What’s the

How could I not hurry?” Vivienne said with a soft, playful smile as she and Percival made their way to the surgical floor where Fiona

the floor, wailing incessantly, cursing Vivienne as the cause of

are you doing here, you little wretch? Come to gloat over my daughter, have you? Let me tell you, if anything happens to her, I’ll make sure you pay. Even after I become a ghost, I’ll haunt

looked down at Heloise with a deeper smile, one that did not seem sincere at all. “Would you rather I turn

collapsed to the floor, trembling. For a moment, she thought

medical reports, and seeing Heloise making a scene, he dragged her away. “Heloise, stay out of Fiona’s business from

Heloise around, she

The hospital has agreed to let

Percival and took the

that, she entered

Fiona had

grandfather and mother,

what to

still shaken by her hallucination of Vivienne, cowering

Vivienne donned surgical scrubs and

Calista, there were

we’ve been waiting for you. Ms. Fiona is critical; we don’t

the scalpel, turning her back to Calista, and began

eyes shifting between the monitors and Fiona, seemingly unaware of the five people

Vivienne with a scalpel in hand, Calista looked menacingly

two others, each holding a rope, trying to loop it around Vivienne from behind. Their plan to restrain her failed miserably as the ropes they had knotted snapped. Taken by surprise, they stumbled and

with their scalpels, but she remained

the next instant, the two closest to Vivienne collapsed, blood spewing from their mouths.Books Chapters Are Daily

switched to another instrument, moving