Chapter 4

Charles staggered, all the color draining from his face. "What do you say?"

He seized the nurse's sleeve, desperate for answers. "What's happening to Olivia? How could she suddenly need emergency care? What are you people doing?"

The nurse was sweating buckets, her face pale and strained. "Sir, please calm down. Why don't you warn us about her health issues?

"Her lungs are badly infected. We hadn't even started the operation, and she's already hemorrhaging."

Charles's eyes went wide. "Lung infection?"

He snapped his head up. "Is it because of the fire?"

For a moment, his mind buzzed. He was…