Chapter 50

Author POV

The Morbidity and Mortality conference room was already full when Cora walked in.

Every seat was occupied—consultants, attending physicians, senior residents, department heads. The air was heavy with expectation, the kind that pressed against the chest and made breathing feel like work.

This wasn’t just a review.

It was a trial.

Cora took her seat near the front, her posture straight, her expression calm. No one spoke to her. A few glanced her way, then looked ...