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Bianca nodded weakly. “Okay.”
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Elsewhere, 9 AM.
Winnie had just woken when a nurse arrived to start the IV.
The room held no one else.
After hanging the IV bag, the nurse asked gently, “Sweetie, can you tell me where your mom went?”
Winnie snapped back, “I don’t have a mom. Just an aunt.”
The nurse fell silent at the girl’s fierce glare.
Minutes after the IV started, Winnie’s fever spiked again.
The nurse scrambled for fever reducers.
But the medicine barely helped.
Alarmed, the nurse consulted a doctor who dismissed it as normal flu symptoms. “The fever should break in three days.”
Uneasy leaving Winnie alone, the nurse kept close watch.
The fever persisted–the thermometer now showed higher numbers.
Panicking, the nurse urged, “Sweetie, please give me your mom’s number?”
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Dazed and fading, Winnie mumbled a string of digits.
The nurse noted down the details and called the number.
But the line kept ringing with no one answering.
Concerned, the nurse texted: “Winnie Avery is burning up. Please come to the hospital immediately.”
The message vanished like a stone sinking into the ocean, unanswered.
When the nurse checked on Winnie again, she’d passed out.
The nurse pressed the call button.
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Minutes later, Winnie was rushed to the pediatric emergency room.
Katelyn had breakfast ready and arrived at the hospital by taxi at exactly twenty past nine.
It was a weekday, and the traffic outside was heavy. She’d been anxious the whole way, worried Winnie might be hungry with nothing to eat.
Blair had called earlier, telling Katelyn to prepare breakfast and bring it over without rushing. Katelyn had asked then, “Sir, you’re heading to the office, and Ms. Huffman is going to the lab. Who will stay with the little miss?”
Blair had replied, “Winnie’s mom will be there.”
Hearing that the madam was coming, Katelyn felt somewhat reassured.
Wanting Winnie to have a proper meal, Katelyn had prepared an elaborate breakfast, which took extra time.
After getting out of the taxi, she hurried to the ward carrying the
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insulated food container, arriving at half past nine.
But when she reached the room, neither Bianca nor Winnie was there.
Setting the container on the bedside table, Katelyn went to the nurse’s station to ask about Winnie.
The nurse’s face tightened at the question. “Winnie just collapsed with a high fever. She’s been rushed to the emergency room.”
Katelyn froze, tears instantly streaming down her face.
Panic overwhelmed her, leaving her momentarily paralyzed.
Only after the nurse called her name twice did she snap back. “Right- the phone. I need to call the sir and madam.
Blair was in a meeting, his phone silenced. But the caller ID flashed on the projection screen.
Seeing Katelyn’s name, he knew it must be about Winnie. He halted the meeting and stepped out to answer.
Katelyn’s sobbing voice came through immediately. “Sir, it’s terrible! The little miss was just taken to the emergency room!”
Blair’s heart seized as if crushed by an invisible fist. His legs moved faster than his brain.
Without a word, he strode toward the executive elevator.
Pressing the down button, he forced his voice steady. “Understood. I’m coming now.”
After hanging up, he stared at the descending floor numbers, his mind in chaos.
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A terrifying thought surfaced: What if he was too late? What if Winnie…
In that moment, regret washed over him–regret not listening to Bianca, regret bringing Winnie to this hospital.
His hands trembled on the steering wheel as he drove to the parking lot.
He couldn’t recall how he navigated to the hospital; his heart was in his throat the entire journey.
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