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the hospital windows while the delivery
scraping through her lungs as masked doctors crowded around t
darkness, the research archive of Nolan Medical-the company built by her late mother, Cath
g doctor low
hing we could. The triplets came too
him, unable to un
nds clawed at the sheets. "No, my bab
nge. Behind him, someone drew a whi
hroat as thunder shook the windows a
nce that night, believing their firstborn brother had died. She had come home to reclaim Nolan Medical, re
ternal aunt, Christiana Hess, said, adjusting her grip on the temper
sweeping across the private tarmac of John F. Kennedy Internatio
ty-foot digital billboard ahead of them flashed the l
control of Nolan Medical after Catharine's death-smiled down from the sc
pocket, her fingers closed around the leat
d the delivery room crashed through her mind ag
born didn
flesh pulled at her ribs, makin
lack RIMOWA carry-on and tugged gently on her sleeve. His oversize
e spiked," Toby mutter
lic taste in her mouth andJust adjusting t
h pink bear to her chest and ga
lly the giant city
ghter, hiding the bitter cold
ly, baby," Claire said quietly. "And
ggage and directed the family toward
st sent an urgent encrypted alert. The Kensington infant's c
plied, her voice sharp as an incision. "And ke
ecutive lounge, Daisy
ingers. I need t
Toby ahead. She washed the little girl's hands with mild lavender soap,
the tip of her nose. "Don't be sad, Mo
s heart. She kissed Daisy's forehead, took
on of broad-shouldered bodyguards in
d through the conditioned air-a crisp
se skipped a
darkest corners of her memory, belonging to the
of the marble archway, her eyes na
the far corner, leaving behind only the heavy, rhyth
rnally. New York was home to eight million people; she couldn't
leading Daisy toward th
towering fluted marble pillar, a small figure
s unruly dark curls, and the sharp structure of h
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