Chapter 21 Cornered in Silence
“Get out!”
This time. Jensen didn’t say another word. He turned around and walked out.
Natalie cried silently until the weakness overtook her and she drifted off into unconsciousness.
Phantom watched her suffer and blamed herself deeply.
It was her fault for failing to protect Ms. Summers.
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She kept checking her phone, hoping Baron would reach out. But it was like he’d vanished completely–no calls, no messages, nothing. She couldn’t reach him no matter how many times she tried.
A gnawing sense of dread crept in.
Could something have happened to Mr. Baron?
Worry ate away at her, but all she could do was stay close and take care of Natalie.
Natalie’s condition was unstable. Her emotions were all over the place, and she kept running a fever on
and off.
Jensen was afraid of upsetting her further, so he didn’t dare show his face. Instead, he had to rely on Phantom for daily updates on her status.
Five days passed in a blur.
Natalie had been counting the days. Just two more, and she’d receive her visa from immigration and finally leave this place. She waited until Phantom went to wash the bedsheets, then quietly climbed out of
bed.
She needed to ask the doctor if she could be discharged early.
She couldn’t spend another second here.
She had to leave Ocean City. Leave Jensen.
Natalie walked down the hallway toward the attending physician’s office, but just as she passed the half- open fire escape door, she froze.
She heard Sharon’s voice.
“I don’t care what it takes. You need to give me a document saying the cancer has started spreading.”
Natalie immediately stopped and held her breath, eavesdropping.
The person she was speaking to sounded like a doctor. His voice was agitated.
“Ms. Summers, you don’t have cancer. I’ve already risked everything to forge your medical file. Now you want me to claim your cancer is spreading? That’s suicide! If the truth comes out, Mr. Luke will have my head.”
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“Dr. Johnson Sharon said coldly. The moment you helped me fake those records five years ago, told Jensen I gave him one of my ribs to save his life, we were tied together. If he finds out we’ve been lying all this time, do you think he’ll let you off the hook!”
Natalie’s eyes widened.
Five years ago, she had been the one who donated the rib to Jensen. How had it become Sharon?
And the surgery had been done by the Witch Doctor himself. How could Jensen trust some regular physician’s word over that?
She clutched her abdomen, heart pounding.
What had Sharon done while she was unconscious after surgery five years ago?
Dr. Johnson let out a heavy sigh.
“Ms. Summers, I really can’t forge documents saying the cancer’s spreading. I need an actual cancer patient to swap data with, and we don’t have one right now.”
Just then, a young nurse spotted Natalie outside the door and called out.
“Which room are you from? What are you doing here?”
“Who’s out there?!”
Sharon’s voice barked out, furious.
Natalie turned instinctively and tried to run, but Sharon had already shoved open the door and stormed
OUL
When she saw Natalie standing there, her eyes flashed with murderous rage.
“How much did you hear?”
“I didn’t hear anything,” Natalie said quickly, stepping back, then spinning around to flee.
Sharon shouted at the nurse behind her.
“Stop her! If you let her go, I’ll make sure Jensen destroys your career!”
The nurse knew who Sharon was. The threat alone made her freeze in terror, and she hurried to block Natalie’s escape.
Sharon turned back to Dr. Johnson.
“She definitely heard everything. If you want to stay alive, you’ll help me get rid of her. Dead people don’t tell secrets.”
“Killing someone is a crime!”
Dr. Johnson was trembling with fear.
Sharon just sneered.
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“If she lives, you die. Your choice.”
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With that, Sharon stepped forward and punched Natalie square in the face, knocking her unconscious.
Dr. Johnson watched, panicked, but there was no turning back now.
He rushed to grab a stretcher with the nurse’s help, lifted Natalie onto it, covered her with a white sheet, and pushed the cart toward the morgue.
“I’ll take her to the morgue. It’s cold enough in there to freeze her to death. By the time someone finds her, no one will trace it back to us.”
He was about to leave when Sharon stopped him.
“No. I have a better idea. Take her to the abandoned warehouse on the back hill. Inject her with a paralyzer -something that keeps her conscious but unable to move. I’ll handle the rest. I promise no one will suspect a thing.”
Dr. Johnson agreed immediately.
Sharon disappeared from sight.
Dr. Johnson wheeled the unconscious Natalie into the elevator.
Meanwhile, Phantom had just returned from the laundry room and was horrified to find the hospital bed empty. She rushed out in search and just barely missed crossing paths with Dr. Johnson as he pushed the stretcher away.
He quickly slipped into the elevator with Natalie in tow while Phantom ran straight to the security room.
But the surveillance system was down.
