Chapter 5 - The Flatline
"Code Blue!" a doctor shouted from inside the glass room. "Push one milligram of epinephrine! Start chest compressions!"
Vincent scrambled to his feet, slamming his fists against the thick glass wall. "Claire! No! Claire, wake up!"
He tried to push past the nurse to get into the room, but two hospital security guards immediately grabbed him, hauling the frantic mafia boss backward.
"Let me go!" Vincent roared, fighting against the guards with wild, desperate strength. "I have to tell her I'm sorry! I have to fix this!"
"You can't go in there, sir!" the nurse ordered firmly, blocking the doorway. "They are trying to save her life!"
Sophia stood in the background, her hands covering her mouth in sheer horror. She had wanted Claire out of the picture so she could marry Vincent and claim his fortune. But watching the brutal, traumatic reality of Claire’s death unfold in front of her made the mistress realize she was entirely out of her depth.
Vincent collapsed against the guards, entirely drained of his fight. He watched through the glass as the doctors shocked Claire’s chest with the defibrillator. Once. Twice.
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Nothing. The long, continuous tone of the flatline echoed mercilessly into the hallway.
👉 Will Claire survive the cardiac arrest, or is it already too late?
