Chapter 3 - THE TOXICOLOGY TRUTH
Within ten minutes, Elias and his security team had taken over the floor, much to the dismay of the hospital administration. Elias was a massive man who moved with terrifying silence. He handed me a tablet.
"Boss, the police are in the lobby, but I’ve got my guys on all the exits. I pulled the VIP corridor logs."
Dr. Bennett emerged from the ICU again, wiping sweat from his brow. "We’ve identified it. It's a synthetic derivative of Aconite. Extremely rare. It causes the heart to accelerate until it fails. We are administering counter-agents, but it's a waiting game."
"How much time does she have?" I asked, my chest tightening.
"Hours," the doctor admitted quietly. "Maybe less if her heart rate doesn't stabilize."
I looked at Elias's tablet. The digital log showed only four people had entered Claire’s room in the hour before she collapsed:
* Dr. Adrian Bennett (Attending Physician)
* Nurse Sarah Jenkins (Assigned Maternity Nurse)
* Marcus Vance (My Chief Financial Officer)
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* Vanessa Vale (VP of Acquisitions)
"Where is Nurse Jenkins?" Elias barked into his radio. A moment later, his face darkened. "Boss. Jenkins never checked out, but her uniform was just found in the basement locker room. She’s gone."
