Chapter 5 - Rachel Panics As The Stolen Blood Is Revoked
Across town at the exclusive Whitmore Heart Center, Rachel Palmer stood outside the pediatric intensive care unit suite in a state of blind panic.
Her daughter Sophie’s scheduled heart surgery was less than forty-eight hours away, and the reserve O-negative blood supply had suddenly vanished from the inventory.
The head pediatric nurse walked out clutching a digital clipboard, looking deeply troubled as she addressed the frantic mother.
“Mrs. Palmer, the three reserve units assigned to your daughter’s file have been flagged by hospital compliance and recalled immediately,” the nurse informed her.
“Recalled? By whose authority? Grant Whitmore promised those units were guaranteed for Sophie’s open-heart surgery!” Rachel screamed, grabbing the nurse’s arm.
“The hospital board received an emergency federal compliance audit order requested by legal counsel representing Mrs. Mara Whitmore,” the nurse explained firmly.
Rachel’s breath hitched in her throat as she realized the catastrophic consequences of Grant’s reckless diversion of emergency blood supplies.
She pulled out her gold-plated smartphone, frantically dialing Grant’s private executive line while pacing back and forth across the polished linoleum floor.
It rang four times, then went straight to voicemail.
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“Pick up your phone, Grant,” Rachel sobbed into the receiver. “Your wife just destroyed everything we built.”
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