Chapter 13 - Claire Discharges Herself Against Medical Advice Early Morning
By four o'clock in the morning, the hospital room had finally grown quiet after Ethan was hauled away in handcuffs.
Dr. Evans tried to convince Claire to stay for another forty-eight hours of neurological observation and IV hydration.
“I need to get my daughter and get out of this city before Vanguard’s lawyers try to bury us,” Claire insisted stubbornly.
She signed the AMA—Against Medical Advice—discharge papers with a steady hand, refusing to spend another second trapped in a hospital room.
A nurse helped her change into a pair of comfortable sweatpants and a gray zip-up hoodie borrowed from social services.
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She checked out through the emergency lobby just as the first pale rays of dawn began breaking over the Chicago skyline.
Her journey toward reclaiming her life and protecting little Lily had only just begun.
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