Chapter 6 - The True Power
Ethan’s phone screen flashed again as a flood of internal system notifications began executing automatically.
RE-ASSIGNING MEDICAL STAFF...
DR. REYNOLDS RESTORED TO ROOM 402.
SURGICAL TEAM 1 REDIRECTED TO ROOM 402.
PATIENT SERENA RE-QUEUED TO GENERAL CARE.
"Wait! Stop!" Ethan shouted at the chief surgeon, Dr. Reynolds, who had been preparing Serena’s epidural kit.
Dr. Reynolds’s tablet chimed loudly. The surgeon looked at the screen, his expression transforming instantly from compliant deference to sheer urgency.
"Mr. Vance, your proxy authority has been legally voided by the hospital's primary benefactor," Dr. Reynolds said sternly, pulling off his gloves. "Mrs. Vance's vitals are in critical failure. I am taking my team back to Room 402 immediately."
"You can't do that!" Ethan raged, stepping into the doctor's path. "I pay for this entire floor! I own thirty percent of the shares in this medical group!"
"You owned thirty percent through your late father-in-law's estate," Dr. Reynolds corrected coldly, stepping past him without a second glance. "And according to the legal override just pushed through the board portal, Mrs. Vance controls one hundred percent of that trust as of five minutes ago. Move out of my way."
The entire medical team surged out of Serena's room in a dead run, pushing carts and oxygen tanks down the corridor toward Claire’s room.
Serena sat up in bed, her face pale with sudden panic. "Ethan? What's going on? What does he mean, her father's estate?"
Ethan’s mind reeled. His jaw trembled as he looked down at his phone again. A new document thumbnail appeared on his portal feed—a copy of an emergency filing executed by the city’s top estate law firm.
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He turned around slowly, his chest pounding against his ribs, panic finally clawing at his throat as he rushed back down the hallway toward Room 402.
👉 What brutal realization awaits Ethan when he bursts back into Claire's room?
