Chapter 2 - The Emergency Room Corridor
The heavy double glass doors of the St. Jude Hospital Emergency Wing swung open violently.
Colonel Alexander Brooks, a fifty-year-old active-duty officer with grey hair and an army green full dress uniform adorned with polished military medals, burst into the building. In his arms, he cradled his daughter. Sofia was limp, her torn, bloodstained dress hanging over his sleeve, her face covered in bruises.
"Get a doctor right now!" Alexander roared, his booming voice shattering the quiet hospital corridor as nurses and trauma surgeons rushed toward him with a rolling gurney.
Tires screeched outside as a luxury sedan arrived at the ambulance bay. Carmen and Javier sprinted down the corridor after him, their faces pale with total panic.
"Alexander, please!" Carmen screamed, her hands outstretched as she chased the colonel. "It was an accident! She tripped over her dress!"
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Javier cowered behind his mother, his tuxedo rumpled, his eyes darting toward the medical staff gathering around the scene.
👉 Why was Carmen so terrified of Colonel Alexander discovering the truth behind the prenuptial agreement?
