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Chapter 25
"My chest feels tight."Captain Briggs kept his hands on the steering wheel of the speedboat. He tried to take a deep breath, but the wind was blowing hard against his face. The boat was bouncing over the rough harbor waves.George was sitting in the back of the boat, making sure the plastic computer cases were safe from the splashing water. He heard the captain speak. George immediately stood up and walked toward the front of the boat."What is wrong, Captain?" George asked. His voice was calm, but his eyes were very sharp. He looked at the older man.Captain Briggs was sweating, even though the ocean wind was cold. His skin looked very pale. He rubbed the center of his chest with one hand. "It is just heartburn, Doctor. I ate a spicy sandwich for lunch. The bouncing of the boat is making it worse."George reached out and placed his fingers on the captain's wrist. The pulse was beating very fast. It felt irregular. It was skipping beats."It is not a spicy sandwich," George said firm
Chapter 24
"We have exactly fifty minutes to move an entire data center."George looked at his watch. The second hand was sweeping across the dial. Every moment was precious. He turned to Aris."Start disconnecting the main servers," George ordered quickly. "Do it very carefully. We cannot damage the hard drives. Put them into the protective plastic cases."Aris was already moving. She grabbed a screwdriver and began unhooking the power cables. "George, I can pack them. But how are we going to get them past Julian Cross? He has guards watching the front alley. We cannot just carry big boxes past them."Elena finished typing a message on her phone. She looked up with a very bright, sharp expression. "We are not going to carry them past the guards. We are going to make the guards look the wrong way.""What is your plan?" George asked."The South Harbor district is full of narrow streets," Elena explained. "I just ordered ten of my delivery trucks to drive here immediately. They will all park in th
Chapter 23
"You cannot simply buy a building in one day without a public notice."George walked into the secret basement clinic in South Harbor. His voice was very firm. Elena Maxwell walked right beside him. Her eyes scanned the room quickly.Standing in the center of the clinic was a man wearing a very shiny silver suit. The man had neat blonde hair and a perfectly straight posture. He held a high priced leather briefcase in one hand. Three men in dark suits stood behind him. They looked like very serious lawyers."Ah, Dr. Sterling," the man in the silver suit said. He smiled a very bright, fake smile. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you. My name is Julian Cross. I am the regional director for the Global Apex Medical Syndicate. And you are wrong about the building. When you have billions of dollars in cash, you can buy a building in ten minutes."George did not smile back. He walked past Julian and stood next to Aris. Aris was sitting in her chair, guarding the computer servers. She looked v
Chapter 22
"Who is this?" Richard Vance demanded through the small radio speaker. His voice suddenly sounded very high and very panicked. "Where are my men? Put my men on the radio right now!" George did not raise his voice. He kept his tone steady and perfectly calm. "Your men are tied up in the basement of City Hospital, Richard. They just confessed that you ordered them to destroy the backup generators. The police are on their way. I suggest you find a very good lawyer." "You are lying!" Richard screamed. The radio speaker cracked with the loud noise. "You cannot prove anything! Dr. Sterling, you are a fool! You think you can beat me? I have the Apex Syndicate behind me!" "You have nothing," George replied simply. He turned off the radio and tossed it onto the floor. He looked at the three delivery men. "Tie these two men to the pipes. Make sure they cannot run away. Then go find the emergency override switch to unlock the fire doors upstairs. The police will handle them." Elena step
Chapter 21
"They locked the doors?" Elena asked. She lowered her phone flashlight and walked over to the security guard. "Who locked the doors?""We do not know, Miss Maxwell," the guard explained quickly. "The fire doors dropped down, and the electronic locks were crushed from the other side. Nobody can get in, and we cannot get out. We are trying to call the fire department, but the phone lines are cut too."George stood very still in the dark hallway. He thought about the situation. The entire surgical wing was sealed. The power was dead. Richard Vance had planned this perfectly. Richard wanted George to be trapped in the dark with a dying patient. Richard wanted the news reporters to say that Dr. George Sterling killed a man because his software caused a power failure.But Richard Vance did not know two very important things. First, he did not know George could perform surgery in the dark. Second, he did not know George remembered the secret layout of the old hospital building."We do not ne
Chapter 20
"Do not move a single muscle," George commanded into the pitch black darkness.His voice was totally calm. It cut through the sudden panic in the operating room like a sharp knife. When the lights went out, a few nurses had gasped in fear. The only sounds in the room were the rapid, frightened breathing of the medical staff and the slow, steady beeping of the battery powered heart monitor."Dr. Sterling, we cannot see anything," Nurse Clara whispered. Her voice was shaking with pure terror. "The backup generators did not turn on. The main power is completely gone. The ventilator machine just stopped breathing for the patient.""I know," George said. He did not let go of the silver scalpel in his hand. He kept his fingers perfectly still in the dark. "Clara, reach to your left. Grab the manual oxygen bag. You need to squeeze it with your hands. One squeeze every three seconds. Do it right now."Clara took a deep breath. She reached into the dark and felt the plastic bag. "I have it, Do
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