Part 2: Claire swallowed. “Claire Bennett. Night nurse.”

“This is a sterile emergency field,” he barked. “Get out.”

Dominic’s gun did not move from Sterling’s temple, but his eyes flicked toward Claire.

She felt them like heat.

“The medication is making it worse,” Claire said, her voice shaking. “It’s not his heart. It’s the line.”

Sterling gave a sharp, ugly laugh.

“The line?”

“The tubing. The drug is reacting with something in the tubing. His diaphragm is locked. You’re treating cardiac arrest, but the paralysis is chemical.”

One of the specialists scoffed. “That is absurd.”

Claire pointed toward the incubator. “Look at his skin. The pattern isn’t sepsis. And there’s a sweet smell from the ventilator circuit.”

Sterling’s face flushed with humiliation. “You are a floor nurse with no authority here.”

“And you are about to kill him,” Claire said.

The room went silent.

Dominic slowly turned his head.

“What did you say?”
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