The hospital suite remained frozen in silence. Marcus Thorne didn’t move at first. Not because he didn’t understand what he was seeing—but because his mind refused to accept it.
CHAPTER 2: THE NAME THAT CHANGED THE ROOM
Within ten minutes, the suite had transformed.
Khloe was moved to emergency care. Monitors. IV lines. Quiet urgency.
Marcus stood outside the glass partition, motionless.
Isabella sat in a chair under guard, still insisting on her innocence, but her voice had lost its precision. It now cracked at the edges.
“They’re exaggerating everything,” she said. “She’s acting. She always wanted to ruin me.”
No one responded.
Because no one needed to.
The footage was already being reviewed in real time.
Every frame.
Every impact.
Every lie collapsing in sequence.
Then the second revelation arrived.
A hospital administrator entered, pale-faced.
“Mr. Thorne… we verified the patient’s identity.”
Marcus didn’t look up.
“She is registered under an alias,” the administrator continued. “But her legal identity is… Khloe Carter. Daughter of the Carter Group.”
Silence.
Not the silence of shock.
The silence of consequence.
Marcus finally turned.
“Carter… as in Carter Global?”
The administrator nodded.
Outside the glass, Khloe’s uncle watched Isabella with cold patience.
“She didn’t just attack a pregnant woman,” he said. “She attacked a succession heir.”
Isabella’s lips parted slightly.
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For the first time, there was no rehearsed response.
Only fear.
