Chapter 4

"Dr. Nia, I have work to get back to. If there's nothing else, please excuse me."

The color drained from Nia's face in an instant.

"Nia. Come here."

Robert was standing a short distance away. The glance he gave me was the kind you'd give a stranger.

That was fine.

I pulled my sleeve free and walked away.

Not long after, the three of us ended up in the same OR.

A colleague had called in sick, and I was filling in.

The patient's case was complicated. The hospital was taking it seriously.

Robert was the lead surgeon. Nia was…