The hospital database was a ghost town. I sat in my home office, my hands shaking as I typed in the patient ID for Eli Mercer. Access Denied.
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Chapter 3 - THE BROOKE CONNECTIONI needed help, but I had burned my only bridge. I drove to the apartment where Brooke was staying. She looked shocked to see me, her face pale and devoid of makeup.
"I can't talk to you, Caleb," she said, trying to close the door.
"Brooke, listen to me. This isn't just about the wedding. The hospital is scrubbing a case. They’re tracking me. I found something inside that boy—a medical device that shouldn't exist."
She went still. "What kind of device?"
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"A bio-scaffold. It was recording vitals directly from the artery."
She looked over her shoulder, her eyes wide with terror. "Caleb, get out. My father… he sits on the Sterling Memorial board. He told me if you ever called, I had to report it."
