Chapter 38

Author POV

The news spread through the hospital faster than the rumor ever did.

By the time the official notice was sent out Professor Andrea dismissed with immediate effect pending ethics review the residency group chat went dead silent. The same people who had whispered, judged, and speculated suddenly had nothing to say.

Shame was louder than gossip.

Cora was in the ward when the announcement came. She didn’t hear it through a message or a phone call—she heard it through ...