Chapter 4 - Unmasking The Fatal Chemical Trail
Dr. Hayes scanned the digital numbers on my phone, his professional composure shattering into absolute shock as he realized the horrifying implications of my diagnosis.
“Digitalis toxicity?” Dr. Hayes whispered, turning his head sharply toward Emily, who was now sweating profusely under her heavy makeup.
“If we had injected him with high-dose tissue plasminogen activator or put him under general anesthesia for brain surgery, his heart would have gone into fatal ventricular fibrillation on the operating table!”
Evelyn gasped loudly, clutching her chest as she stumbled back against the wall, her eyes darting between Dr. Hayes and Emily in complete horror.
“You... you almost let them kill my son!” Evelyn shrieked, pointing her trembling finger directly at Emily’s face.
Emily’s eyes darted around the hallway like a cornered animal, her breathing coming in shallow, frantic gasps as she realized her medical lie had failed.
“I didn't do anything!” Emily screamed hysterically, her voice echoing loudly down the quiet hospital wing.
“He drank his own tea! He brought his own thermos from his car! I didn't give him anything!”
I stepped directly in front of Emily, holding up my phone where I had just brought up Jason’s corporate laboratory access logs from his firm.
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“Jason works in phase-one drug development, Emily,” I said, my voice dropping into a razor-sharp whisper that chilled the room.
“And three days ago, someone logged into his restricted vault using your master security badge to check out fifty milligrams of purified Digoxin powder.”
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