Chapter 14 - THE SECOND ATTEMPT
The fake nurse moved toward Ethan’s crib.
Evelyn drew her weapon.
“Drop the syringe.”
The woman smiled.
“You will not fire inside a pediatric room.”
She grabbed the crib and pulled it between them.
Ethan began crying.
Lily tore the intravenous line from her arm.
Pain ripped through her shoulder.
She forced herself out of bed.
“Leave him alone.”
The nurse looked at Lily.
“Serena sends her regards.”
She raised the syringe toward Ethan.
Lily threw the metal water pitcher.
It struck the woman’s face.
Evelyn fired into the ceiling as a warning.
The nurse dropped the syringe and ran toward the bathroom.
Thomas blocked the door.
She slashed his arm with a hidden blade.
Evelyn tackled her against the wall.
Hospital security arrived seconds later.
The syringe was collected.
Dr. Reeves examined it.
“Potassium chloride.”
Lily knew what that meant.
A large dose could stop Ethan’s heart.
His death might appear natural if no one tested for it.
Evelyn ordered the hospital floor locked down.
She questioned the attacker privately.
The woman refused to give her name.
Then she asked for Deputy Director Cross.
Lily watched through the observation window.
“He sent her.”
Evelyn looked shaken.
“I worked for Daniel for eleven years.”
“Grace trusted him too.”
Thomas wrapped a cloth around his injured arm.
“Victor needs to be moved.”
Lily turned.
“Why?”
“Daniel Cross knows where he is being held.”
At that exact moment, an emergency alarm sounded at the federal facility.
A transport order had been signed under Evelyn’s authorization.
She had never signed it.
Victor was being moved to county custody.
Lily called Evelyn’s secure line.
No one answered at the facility.
Then Victor’s phone appeared on the hospital’s incoming call system.
Evelyn accepted it.
Victor spoke from inside a moving vehicle.
“They are not federal agents.”
Gunfire sounded behind him.
“Victor, where are you?”
“I don’t know.”
The line crackled.
A man shouted for Victor to end the call.
Victor ignored him.
“Listen carefully.”
His voice became urgent.
“Cross is not working for Serena.”
Lily looked at Evelyn.
“Then who?”
May you like
Victor answered just before the call ended.
“He works for Grace’s father.”
