Chapter 15 - THE SURGICAL MIRACLE
The doors of Trauma Room Three flung open as Miller and Noah rushed into the brightly lit surgical suite.
Dr. Hayes stood over the operating table, wiping sweat from his forehead with a sterile gauze pad.
Vanessa lay with her eyes closed, her chest rising and falling to the steady, rhythmic beat of the heart monitor.
"Is she... is she going to make it?" Noah whispered, his voice trembling as tears welled up in his eyes once more.
Dr. Hayes turned around, offering a weary, genuine smile to the young boy.
"She's a fighter, son," the surgeon said softly. "The baby suffered minor stress, but she stabilized just in time. Both of them are going to live."
Noah let out a massive, shuddering sob of pure relief, collapsing against Detective Miller's legs.
Miller looked down at the boy, feeling an overwhelming surge of protectiveness wash over him.
Outside in the main lobby, David Vance was still holding court with the news cameras, completely unaware that his attorney had been arrested.
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"My wife's condition remains critical, but I have absolute faith in God and our medical system," David lied smoothly into a reporter's microphone.
Little did David know, his entire criminal empire was about to crumble from the inside out.
