Chapter 18
Author: Cy Pen
last update2026-08-12 22:23:55

Director Hale looked at Diane Harrington for a long moment, his expression carefully neutral, the kind of professional mask doctors wear when they have to deliver news that won't be received well.

Then he shook his head slowly.

"Well," he said, his voice measured and deliberate, "there's no other way apart from what just happened tonight. But that doesn't mean we won't be able to keep managing her condition, doing everything we can with the resources and knowledge we have. We'll continue our re
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