Who Knew My Assigned Mechanic Husband Was a Big Shot? novel Chapter 76

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After the research paper 'co-authored' by Sloane and Director Thorne was published, Sloane's reputation skyrocketed within the medical community.

A few days later, a hospital in Riverside faced an emergency surgery and sought assistance from the Third Hospital. The case was highly similar to Liam Lucas's, requiring the use of Neuro-Sync Navigation to remove a brain tumor.

They had specifically requested Director Thorne.

However, burdened by a guilty conscience over his lack of hands-on expertise, Thorne dispatched Sloane in his place.

As a visiting specialist, Sloane earned a substantial surgical fee for the operation.

She arrived in Riverside, spending three grueling days overseeing everything from pre-op prep to the final sutures.

Fortunately, the surgery was a resounding success.

But the moment she stepped off the operating table, nurses and resident doctors flooded into the scrub room in an absolute panic.

"Emergency! We need to evacuate immediately!"

"What's going on?" Sloane and the surgical assistants demanded simultaneously.

The head nurse looked on the verge of tears. "A hostile individual is tearing up the lobby! He strapped a homemade bomb to his chest and is threatening to blow up the entire hospital!"

A bomb?

Sloane's mind instantly flashed to Logan.

Wasn't he a bomb disposal expert?

Would he... be deployed here?

But this was no time to daydream about Logan. Sloane immediately jumped into action, helping the medical staff evacuate the post-op patients down to the hospital's reinforced subterranean shelter.

Luckily, the underground staging area had a stable Wi-Fi connection.

They huddled around their phones, watching a live news broadcast of the unfolding hostage situation above.

The entire main inpatient tower had been evacuated, but the suspect was still screaming in the lobby.

He was covered head-to-toe in explosive charges.

"It's you heartless doctors! You butchered my wife! You removed her kidney for no reason! My wife is dead, and now all of you are going to burn with her!"

"Stay back! Anyone takes one step closer, and I blow us all to hell!"

A police negotiator stepped forward, attempting to offer a massive financial settlement.

"I don't want your damn money! I want the surgeon who killed her to pay with their life!" The man's voice cracked with hysterical rage.

The standoff between the suspect and the negotiator dragged on.

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