Chapter 37

Author POV**

The emergency board meeting was called before noon.

By the time the hospital’s executive conference room filled up, tension already hung thick in the air. Members of the board sat stiffly around the long glass table, their expressions grim. This was not a routine meeting—this was damage control.

At the head of the table sat Marvin, the hospital president, his posture calm but his eyes cold. He had not spoken much since arriving, but the silence alone was enough to ...