Adrian’s POV

I made it to the hospital in one piece. I’d decided to take a taxi since having Mason send over my driver would have taken too long. On more than one occasion during the drive, the taxi driver had threatened to remove me from his car—a justified response to my threats when he managed to get snagged in traffic.

Out of frustration, I had alighted from the cab when the hospital building became visible, and the taxi driver had pulled to a stop at ...