"What are you all really hiding from me?" Lily questioned but was met with absolute silence once more from the three Monroe's."Why aren't you saying anything!" She persisted. She looked at Robert, but he avoided her gaze— like a scared puppy that knew it had done something wrong.She opened her mouth to speak again, but her phone suddenly vibrated, cutting her off.Lily's focus shifted to her phone and her gaze landed on the sender of the text. 'Adrian? What is so important that he had to text me?'She knew the current Adrian wouldn't just text her out of the blue for no apparent reason. Wherever he must have sent had to be very important, and she had to read it.Lily opened the message quickly. Then she saw it, written boldly.ADRIAN: LILY, DON'T LET ANYONE TAKE YOUR PHONE. LEAVE THE HOUSE NOW.Lily's eyes widened. She could feel the urgency and panic radiating from the text. Was her family in danger? If so, why was she the only one that received the text. Or was she the one in dan

Lily walked down the hallways of MMG's top floor. Her heels clattered against the polished tiled floor in a slow rhythmic manner.She had just finished performing surgery on a patient with a hernia when one of the nurses hurried in and informed her that she was needed in the chairman’s office.'We haven’t spoken since the first day I came into this hospital. So why is he suddenly calling for me now?' Lily wondered as she approached the office. 'Does it have something to do with the text he sent…?'She stopped in front of the large double doors, her eyes lingering on the sign mounted above them: Chairman Cole.Lily took a deep breath, before exhaling sharply and pushing the double doors.Upon entering, her eyes instantly widened. 'This...this office looks so different now...'The office looked larger, and incredibly neat. A floor-to-ceiling window was placed at the edges of the office showing the city skyline.A faint hum could be heard from the AC, giving the room a cool environment.

The morning air in MMG felt strangely calm. Sunlight filtered through the tall windows of the main lobby, bouncing of the polished floors as doctors, nurses and interns moved about, each of them lost in their own routines. Coffee cups clinked and paper alerts buzzed.Life was going on as usual in the hospital, like nothing had happened.Then, suddenly—A voice from the intercom broke the monotony. It crackled through the corridors with abrupt authority .“All departmental heads to the main conference hall. Immediately.”Whispers erupted instantly as confusion began settling in the mind of the staffs.“Why is the chairman calling everyone at once?”“Did someone… die?”“It’s probably another audit.”But what everyone had at the back of their minds, was that something big was going to happen. Whenever the Chairman called for a meeting such as this, big changes were bound to happen in the hospital.Everyone moved with a mixture of curiosity and anxiety, all of them shuffling into the larg

Adrian stood over the ventilator with a slightly worried expression on his face. The soft him of the hospital machines faded behind him as he pulled up the system logs, his eyes narrowed at the scrolling data.Every line has a different story to it— timestamps, adjustments,and lots of overrides. And buried in the middle of it was one thing that stopped him cold. The internal safety protocol — it hadn't failed. No it was something entireky different. It has been bypassedHe opened the access panel. His fingers moved with practiced precision. Something that he had honed for years during his time as a surgeon in MMG.A familiar code blinked at him from the override line— one he had seen once before, buried deep in CokeTech's restricted files.Something that no regular staff member should have even known existed in the first place. His jaw tightened. 'This isn't random... Someone has access to the internal codes.''I would have loved to have pointed fingers at Lillian and the rest of thos

n the busy lobby of MMG, on the very last floor. The nurses. Doctors. All staff patrolling the lobby around that time watched as Mr. Halden walked out with all his work items in a large box.Whispers bounced off the walls and a strange uneasiness could be felt in the atmosphere."Isn't that the Director of the Radiology department?!""So he has decided to fire another one. Honestly, this new chairman is crazy." One of the nurses said."Well I prefer his methods." Dr. Thompson's voice echoed behind the nurse causing her to flinch. "It's like— he is purging all the corruption that was bringing this hospital down."----“Does anyone else feel like questioning my decision.” Adrian said coldly, walking back to his seat.Silence. No one has an answer. No wanted to speak.They were all afraid that they would be kicked out of the company as well, just like Mr. Halden.On reaching his seat, Eric turned and whispered into his ear."Sir! Something very urgent has come up.""I see...." Adrian whi