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Chapter 105:
Baker seemed bent on making her life difficult. Belinda knew that to him, only Kylee mattered. Whether she
found happiness or languished in misery seemed entirely irrelevant to him.
When Lucas noticed the bitterness in Belinda’s expression, his brows furrowed slightly. His tone was calm but
firm. “My dad wrote them a check for five hundred thousand. Medical expenses and a bribe to keep their mouths
shut about the matter.”
Belinda’s eyes widened. “He did?”
She had not expected Harold to do that. For a moment, she was at a loss for words. The chill she had carried
since that incident seemed to thaw. Warmth spread through her body, softening her heart.
Seeing her subtle smile, Lucas snorted in disdain.
Her emotions were really easy to change.
The next day.
Grand Plains General Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Department.
Every doctor in the department had assembled for an urgent meeting. The night before, a high-risk elderly
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their course of action.
Dr. Turner Ortiz, the head of the Cardiac Surgery Department, began his explanation with a measured tone. “The
patient, Larkin Beckett, is 85 years old. A year ago, during a routine check-up, a cardiac abnormality was
discovered, and he was diagnosed with Type B aortic dissection. We performed surgery at that tto seal the
tear in his artery using a stent. However, earlier this morning, he was rushed back to the hospital complaining of
chest discomfort. His blood pressure had spiked to 190, and further tests revealed that the dissection had
progressed toward the heart, forming a Type A aortic dissection.”
After a pause, he continued, “The CT scan confirmed the involvement of the ascending aorta and the entire
aortic arch. Additionally, a 5-centimeter aortic dissection aneurysm has developed. The aneurysm’s rapid growth
poses an imminent risk of rupture and sudden death. Surgery is urgently needed.”
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The room fell silent as Turner's words sank in. The doctors exchanged uneasy glances, but no one spoke. Type A
aortic dissection was infamously known as a “death sentence,” with a high mortality rate even under the best
circumstances. For an 85-year-old patient with hypertension and other complications, the challenge was
exponentially greater.
The heavy silence stretched on, broken only when Darlene suddenly asked, “Dr. Ortiz, if you were to perform the
surgery, what would the success rate be?”
Turner's frown deepened. The question seemed to irk him, but seeing the anticipation in the room, he reluctantly
answered, “Thirty... No, forty percent.” He had started to say thirty but decided to raise the number.
The response did little to ease the tension in the room. A forty percent success rate was far from ideal—too low
for a procedure of such magnitude.
“Dr. Ortiz, don’t you think a forty percent success rate is too low?” Belinda spoke up, her voice calm but firm.
Turner turned his sharp gaze toward Belinda. He knew she was new to the department, brought in under unusual
circumstances. Apparently, she had connections. Without undergoing the standard examination process, she had
been assigned by Caiden directly to their team as a full-staff resident—a fact that had not gone unnoticed by
him.
Before Turner could respond, Kylee interjected, “Belinda, Dr. Ortiz is the best surgeon in our department. This
surgery is extraordinarily complex, and a forty percent success rate is already very high. Anyone else would
struggle to reach even that.”
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