her forehead. Her chest he heave as she dragged air into her lungs, t
but the nightmare of d
year-old Leo lay there, a clear oxygen mask strapped over his pale, smal
open. The attending physician walked in. His face was g
said, keeping his voice low. "The conventional tre
pted in Chloe's ea
ique and highly complex genotype, the public bone marrow registries are a complete dea
l of the hospital bed, her knuckles turning whitsympathetic nod and q
weak, trembling hand and brushed his cold fingers against C
," Leo whispered
l of her endurance. Her throat burned. She clamped her te
rile bathroom attached to the ward. She gripped
onstruction surgeries after the crash had altered her bone structure just enou
ed freezing water onto her face. The
rlisle. She needed his genes to create a sibling f
the room. She hit the c
e hurr
transfer for my son immediately," Chloe stat
ical transport to New York is incredibly e
ded credit card and handed it to the nurse. The nurse's eyes wid
She unzipped it and dug past the casual clothes. At the very bottom lay a pair
severe bun. The extensive surgeries had given her a new face-one that was undeniably beautiful, yet entirely unfamiliar to her. This disguise was not about becoming som
atching her transforma
d. "We are playing a spy game, baby," sh
back exit of the hospital. Chloe carefully lifted Leo onto the stret
ornia sun glared through the windows, stinging Chloe's eyes. She reached up a
he name printed on it was Zoe Sinclair. The attendant scanned
l body shook. Chloe's hands trembled as she dug into her bag, pulling out
tepped forward, her
ite but entirely closed off. She shifted her shoulders,
d Chloe back into her seat. The sensation mimicked the terrifying freefall of her car going
k effect. Leo fell
opened a secure browser and pulled up th
digital portrait of the
d her thumb against the screen, right over his fa
ared, listed as the corporate charity ambassador. A surg
nglomerate like Beaumont Group, a simple injection was never enough. She spent the next three hours meticulously altering the digital interview logs, forging glowing evaluation emails from the initia
. The jagged skyline of Manhattan began to pierc
The cabin doors opened. The biting, cold wind of New York hit
terminal. Her movements were sharp and e
ed down the win
voice to a raspy register. She gave him the addre
window. In the distance, the towering glass spire of the Beaumont build
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