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medical bleach violently force
ached. She jolted up from the suffocating darkness, he
above the bed seared her retinas, blurring her vision for a few ago
rain soaking through her clothes. She heard the deafening roar of the Hewitt Corporation building collapsing into r
ed instinct. Her fingers grabbed at the thin fabric o
as f
absence of the six-month-old life that had been growi
in the rain, his broad shoulders shielding Kelsi Warner as he guided th
the delicate skin. The metallic, rusty taste of her own blood flooded her to
ick IV needle was taped to the back of
d the needle out in one br
g onto the pristine white hospital sheets. She stared at the bright red stains
ttress. She stumbled forward. Her bare feet hit the freezing marble f
the edges of the porcelain sink. Her knuckles tur
young. The deep lines of exhaustion and despair from her final days were gone.
y stepped into the room. The woman saw the blood trailing across therushed forward, reachin
nds away. The slap echoed sh
ld as shattered glass. "What is the exact date tod
ht of Alaya's stare. "It... it's Thursday, October 14th. Yo
d down her cheek and dropped off her chin. It was
t the red emergency button on the wall. A piercing alarm
es, the senior nanny who had worked for the Hewitt family for two deca
oward Alaya with her arms wide open. "Oh,
pull Alaya in
t raise her arms to return the embrace. Instead, she stared at the side
ders and shoved the older woman away. The push
red smudges on the floor. She sat down on the edge o
?" she demanded. Her v
ed away, her hands nervously twisting the botto
rtably. "Mr. Suarez is currently handling an emergency cro
on her fingertips. A low, chilling l
as happening. He was currently lying in a cheap bed in
egging the doctors to call her husband, begging for his love. Right now
at the doctor. "Inject me with a
absolutely clear for the
protocol dictates that we monitor your n
ing through the room like a scalpel. "If you do not push that medication into my IV in the n
odded quickly to the nurse, who
ack against the pillows. She reached out and grabbed
zero missed calls. Zero text messages from her husband. It
t. Her thumb hovered over t
delete button fo
She typed in "Social Climber." Then, she toggled
way outside. The faint, distinct scent of ce
stepped into the room. He wore a custom-tailored
the bed. His dark eyes loc
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