Talia didn’t actually need three whole minutes to charge into the hospital room.

Ms. Wood swept in like a whirlwind, draped in a camel trench coat over a white knit sweater and skinny jeans, her Jimmy Choo leather heels clicking against the linoleum with a vengeance. She moved as if propelled by some divine fury, a woman ablaze—cool, fierce, and unstoppable.

"Sister, I’m here to bring justice to the damned!"

Her phone was already recording by the ...